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
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Mrs. G. B. Ritcey Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Louisa Creaser Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Bennie Riley Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. B. C. Lohnes Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. C. J. Myra Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Horatio Ritcey Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Eli Ritcey Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. J. H. Wagner Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. J. D. Lohnes Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. R. S. Lohnes Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Mary C. Romkey Riverport view original petition
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Miss Lila Wentzell Riverport view original petition
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Julia Creaser Riverport view original petition
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Ella Wentzell Riverport Housekeeper and Homemaker view original petition
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Isabel MacGregor Riverport view original petition
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Bessie MacGregor Riverport view original petition
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Ethel Creaser Riverport view original petition
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Florence Creaser Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Jeanie Romkey Riverport view original petition
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Clara M. Lenasse Riverport view original petition
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Mrs. Rennet Cream Riverport view original petition
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Libbie  Lohnes Riverport Clerk view original petition
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Lois J. Ritcey Riverport Saleslady view original petition
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Winnie L. Wentzell Riverport view original petition
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Geneva M. Ritcey Riverport Saleslady view original petition
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Violet E. Creaser Riverport Clerk view original petition
               

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