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Edith Archibald and women’s suffrage in Nova Scotia

Portrait of Edith Archibald, no later than 1895.
Portrait of Edith Archibald, no later than 1895. Portrait of Edith Archibald · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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For more than 30 years, Edith Jessie Archibald (1854–1936) championed women’s right to vote in Nova Scotia, achieved on 26 April 1918. As president of the Maritime Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and the Halifax Local Council of Women, she also worked to improve health and education services.

Scope & context

Archibald’s role in Nova Scotia, not the women’s suffrage movement as a whole.

Sources behind this record

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Edith Jessie Archibald National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text