Nova Scotia Archives

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
1
Mrs. D. W. Ross McLeod St., Sydney House work view original petition
2
Mrs. L. W. Bush 236 Union St., Sydney House work view original petition
3
Mrs. I. B. Cuff 192 Henry St., Sydney House work view original petition
4
Mrs. K. T. Forward 222 Henry St., Sydney House work view original petition
5
Mrs. W. J. Kingsbury 95 West St., Sydney House work view original petition
6
Mrs. W. H. Sheppard 139 Cornishtown Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
7
Mrs. Stuart Mercer 83 Victoria, Sydney House work view original petition
8
Mrs. Samuel Mercer 102 Victoria Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
9
Mrs. George Wilson 51 Davenport Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
10
Mrs. Philip Wiseman 157 Victoria Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
11
Mrs. George  Kane 71 Richmond Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
12
Mrs. John Palmer Swan St., Sydney House work view original petition
13
Mrs. Steare Tutty 230 Park St., Sydney House work view original petition
14
Mrs. George Steele 226 Henry St., Sydney House work view original petition
15
Mrs. Joseph  Pittman 228 Henry St., Sydney House work view original petition
16
Mrs. M. McAskill 19 East St., Sydney House work view original petition
17
Mrs. Fred Slade 35 East St., Sydney House work view original petition
18
Mrs. Robert  Pride 35 West St., Sydney House work view original petition
20
Mrs. A. J. Spracklin 14 West St., Sydney House work view original petition
21
Mrs. William Windsor 76 West St., Sydney House work view original petition
22
Mrs. E. W. Buffett 1023 Victoria Rd., Sydney House work view original petition
17
Mrs. A. Nicholson Sydney House Work view original petition
18
Miss H. J. Bayers Sydney House Work view original petition
               

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