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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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Mr. Austin Mosher Lunenburg Fisherman view original petition
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Mrs. Austin Mosher Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. James Morash Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Paul Nowe Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Paul Nowe Lunenburg Sailor view original petition
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Mrs. Ella Lohnes Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. Maud Naus Lunenburg Housewife view original petition
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Ruben Naus Lunenburg Carpenter view original petition
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Ada L. Powers Lunenburg President N. S. W. C. T. U. view original petition
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Lydia A. Zwicker Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mary Zink Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Maggie F. Backman Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Maggie  Tanner Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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S. Oxner Lunenburg Bookkeeper view original petition
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Martha E. Cooke Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. C. S. Silver Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Mrs. R. Backman Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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E. F. Zwicker Lunenburg Merchant view original petition
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D. J. Rudolf Lunenburg view original petition
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J. M. Rhodinizer Lunenburg view original petition
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W. Towers Lunenburg Merchant view original petition
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S. Miller Lunenburg Stenographer view original petition
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Ada  Corkum Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Minnie Arenburg Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Maude Hebb Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Elfreda Levy Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Constance E. M. Eisner Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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Druey Knickle Lunenburg Homemaker view original petition
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J. E. Eisenhauer Lunenburg Tinsmith view original petition
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William Duff Lunenburg Merchant view original petition
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