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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. O.W.  Tate Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Lillie H.  Rutherford Canso view original petition
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Miss Alelia W. Jenkins Canso view original petition
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Miss Esther Smith Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Edith A. Foden Hazel Hill view original petition
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Mrs. Isabella  Jenkins Canso view original petition
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Miss Leona E. Jenkins Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Mary L. Rice view original petition
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Mrs. Cora Hubbard view original petition
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Mrs. D.D. Goodwin view original petition
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Mrs. Cordelia Mosher view original petition
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Mrs. M.A. Blinkhorn view original petition
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Mrs. G.T. Hendsbee view original petition
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Mrs. J.M. Morin view original petition
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Mrs. Elva A.  Lohnes view original petition
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Minnie D. Feltmate Canso view original petition
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Mrs. C.D. Cowie Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Wilhelmina Wetmore Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Louise F. MacDonald view original petition
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Mr Almon Harves view original petition
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Mrs. F. Harves view original petition
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Mrs. Carrie H. White Canso view original petition
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Mrs. E.M. Kay Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Frances M.C. Donoughue Canso view original petition
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Elfreda  Boyd Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Christina Carter Canso view original petition
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Miss Odessia Carter Canso view original petition
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Mrs. Bessie Smith Hazel Hill view original petition
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Mrs. Peter Walkins Hazel Hill view original petition
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P. McKenzie Hazel Hill Soldier view original petition
               

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