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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. Harry Hebb Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. J. H. Copeland Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Chrysander Silver Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Palmer Silver Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Scott Miller Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John D. Smeltzer Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Rob. Wynacht Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Jane Repfenning Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. K. L. Corkum Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. Zenas Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Flora A. Corkum Lunenburg Seamstress view original petition
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Minnie E. Corkum Lunenburg Seamstress view original petition
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Mrs. Clarence Corkum Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Christy Naas Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Ettie L. Naas Lunenburg Dressmaker view original petition
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Belle L. Naas Lunenburg Dressmaker view original petition
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Mary E. Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. B. Wight Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. E. Wight Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. R. W. Smith Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. Thomas Walters Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Jennie H. Walters Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Mrs. John Eisenhauer Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. Henry Winters Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. Amelia Thurlow Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. W. M. Mason Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. F. W. Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. H. W. Adams Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Miss Lilla Knickle Lunenburg Housekeeper view original petition
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Zettie Smith Lunenburg Music Teacher view original petition
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