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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. Norman Ramsay Windsor Housewife view original petition
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Mrs. F Harris Windsor Housewife view original petition
7
Mrs. Eliza Carson Windsor Housewife view original petition
8
Miss Blanche Carson Windsor Housewife view original petition
5
Charlotte B. Lawrence Hantsport Wife of Archibald Lawrence view original petition
6
Eunice Murray Hantsport Wife of D. W. Murray view original petition
13
Laura B. Graham Hantsport Wife of A. C. Graham view original petition
15
Ada J. Stirling Hantsport Wife of H. K. Sterling view original petition
18
Marilla Fuller Hantsport Wife of H. N. Fuller view original petition
16
Mrs. Atticus Hemmun Wolfville Soldier's Wife view original petition
2
Mrs. Minnie W. Sutten Wolfville House Wife view original petition
12
Mrs. C. A. Patriyim Wolfville Housewife view original petition
1
R. Jeans Auburn Wife view original petition
8
F. S. Bishop Auburn Housewife view original petition
9
Mrs. W. Russell Auburn Housewife view original petition
17
Mrs. H. Veino Auburn Housewife view original petition
1
L. A. Yeoman Auburn Wife & Mother view original petition
3
R. Jeans Auburn Wife view original petition
5
Amelia Smith Aylesford Wife view original petition
3
Mrs. J. D. Stanatt Aylesford Housewife view original petition
11
Mrs. Dr. H. Robinson Aylesford Housewife view original petition
1
Mrs. N. W. Eaton Canning Housewife view original petition
2
Mrs. James R. Welester Canning Housewife view original petition
4
Mrs. E. M. Beekwith Canning Housewife view original petition
5
Annie E. Parker Canning Housewife view original petition
6
Amy Webster Canning Housewife view original petition
7
Elsie Webster Canning Housewife view original petition
8
Mrs. James Thompson Canning Housewife view original petition
9
Mrs. Walter Dickie Canning Housewife view original petition
10
Mrs. William Holt Canning Housewife view original petition
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