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Suffrage in Nova Scotia: Making our Mark

To the Government and Legislature of the Province
of Nova Scotia

      We whose names are hereto subscribed, being British subjects of the full age of twenty one years and upwards, and having lived in the province of Nova Scotia one year and upwards, hereby pray that you will introduce and pass at the next session of the Legislature an acting granting the provincial franchaise to women upon the same terms as those upon which it is granted to men, thus placing them upon a level with the women of Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia.

No. Name Address Occupation view
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Beryl S. Lipsett Guysboro Teacher view original petition
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L.A. Hart Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Ma [ink stain] L. Hart Guysboro view original petition
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C.M.  Buckley Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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F. Rudderham Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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H.M. Morrison Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mary Morrison Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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L.H. Potter Guysboro Bank Manager view original petition
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W.H. Buckley Guysboro Jeweller view original petition
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Mrs. P.T. Smith Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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A.M. Harrington Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. W.H. Buckley Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. R.F. Lipsett Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. I.H. Heal Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Catherine Tompkins Guysboro Housekeeper view original petition
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N.H. Cunningham Guysboro Merchant view original petition
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Frank Peart Guysboro Clerk view original petition
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H.L. Torrey Guysboro Foreman view original petition
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J.M.G. Cunningham Guysboro Merchant view original petition
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Anna M. Bryce Guysboro Teacher view original petition
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B.M. Hutchison Guysboro Milliner view original petition
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H.W. Maguire Guysboro Sheriff view original petition
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L.W. Grant Guysboro Milliner view original petition
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Mrs. G.F. Grant Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. M.A. Walsh Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. B. Hadley Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Mary C. O'Cowior ? Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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M.L. Torrey Guysboro Housewife view original petition
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Samuel Trivett Guysboro Rector view original petition
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Margaret  Kenny Guysboro Clerk view original petition
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