Introduction

1 Suffrage Contexts and Challenges in the Maritimes and Newfoundland

2 Nova Scotia: Steady, Determined, and Strategic Agitation

3 New Brunswick: Early Promise, Sharp Opposition

4 Prince Edward Island: Informal but Consistent Interest

5 Newfoundland: Long and Fierce Opposition

6 The Legacy of Suffrage in Atlantic Canada

Conclusion

Sources and Further Reading; Photo Credits; Index

We Shall Persist is the first book to detail the distinctive political contexts and common problems that characterized campaigns for women's suffrage and other rights in Atlantic Canada.