Spofford, Cecilia Mcnaughton

SPOFFORD, Cecilia McNaughton, suffrage campaigner (b 4 Dec 1859, Sydney, NS; d 18 Feb 1938, Victoria). A schoolteacher by profession, she was active in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union; as its president in 1909 she launched a province-wide campaign for WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. She played an important role in delegations to government and PROHIBITION parades and rallies. An authority on laws affecting women and children, she was the only woman appointed to a provincial commission on public health...

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