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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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Mrs. William Tutty 89 Henry St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Nicholas Brophey 79 Furnace St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Meadows 23 Sheriff Ave., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
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H. M. Muggah 12 Charlotte St., Sydney Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Murdoch Kerr New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John Wilson New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Alex Harley New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Thos Arnold New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mary E. Burns New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John Jarvie New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Simon Roach New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. M. Cherrie New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John McMillan New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. G. W. Sinclair New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. William Williams New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John Neil New Waterford Housekeeper view original petition
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Jean Gordon Forbes Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Grace Campbell Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Christine Campbell Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Ethel Cameron Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Peter Stewart Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. J. M. MacKenzie Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Stella B. Stewart Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. D. N. Murray Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. A. M. Campbell Housekeeper view original petition
25
Florence Graham Housekeeper view original petition
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Helen Smith Scotsburn Housekeeper view original petition
4
Catherine Atkins Pictou Housekeeper view original petition
5
Lucy Murdock Pictou Housekeeper view original petition
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M. H. Harris Pictou Housekeeper view original petition
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