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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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Samuel Trivett Guysboro Rector view original petition
29
Margaret  Kenny Guysboro Clerk view original petition
30
Mrs. D. DeW. Harrington Guysboro Housewife view original petition
31
Margaret L. Maguire Guysboro Stenographer view original petition
32
Aurelia MacGillivray Guysboro Teacher view original petition
33
Bessie N. Jost Guysboro Housekeeper view original petition
34
Mrs. C. Jost Guysboro Housewife view original petition
35
C.W. Morrison Guysboro Councillor view original petition
36
A.H. Morrison Guysboro Retired Soldier view original petition
37
H.D. Smith Guysboro Fisherman view original petition
38
Mrs. F. Nickerson Guysboro Housekeeper view original petition
39
Mrs. J.C. Myers Guysboro Housewife view original petition
40
Edith M. Cunningham Guysboro Housewife view original petition
41
G.E. Buckley M.D. Guysboro Medical Doctor view original petition
42
Bertha R. Maguire Guysboro Housewife view original petition
43
Augusta Daniel Guysboro view original petition
44
Mrs. L. Daniel Guysboro Housewife view original petition
45
L. Daniel Guysboro Methodist Clergyman view original petition
46
Mrs. S. Trivett Guysboro Housewife view original petition
47
Mrs. James Lamsden Guysboro view original petition
48
Gertrude S. Lumsden Guysboro Asst. Post Mistress view original petition
49
Olivia N. Heal Guysboro Teacher view original petition
50
Mrs. J. MacG. Cunningham Guysboro Housewife view original petition
51
Gertrude Cunningham Guysboro view original petition
52
Maurice Tompkins Guysboro Clergyman view original petition
53
Violet Sterns Guysboro view original petition
54
D.P. Floyd Guysboro Lawyer view original petition
55
Elizabeth Floyd Guysboro Housewife view original petition
56
Eva Maguire Guysboro Teacher view original petition
57
J.A. Fulton Guysboro Lawyer view original petition
               

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