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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
4
A letter urges Rossburn residents to share parking with farmers visiting on Saturdays. It notes large weekend crowds from the countryside, downtown congestion, and asks locals to shop earlier and leave space for farmers to park and carry groceries. It stresses courtesy during harvest season.
The piece reflects on a fifty year arc since the suffrage movement led by Mrs. Pankhurst and the Manitoba campaign. It notes Manitoba becoming the first Canadian province to grant women's franchise in 1916, the tenure of Edith McTavish Rodgers and Salome Halldorson in legislature, and questions why women remain underrepresented in politics while voting rates remain low. It laments ongoing male dominance in governing bodies and urges women to exercise the franchise and pursue public offices.
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