Raise Her Up: Celebrating a Century of Votes

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Raise Her Up: Celebrating a Century of Votes

2025

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Raise Her Up follows the historian, advocate, and artist creating a statue of Armine Gosling, marking 100 years of womens suffrage in Newfoundland.

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