Armine Gosling

Career

This was the first election that allowed Newfoundland women to vote. Upon her husband"s death, Gosling presented his book collection to the city of Saint John"son This collection subsequently formed the nucleus of the Gosling Memorial Library at the Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Achievements

• Gosling, however, is best remembered for her involvement in the Newfoundland women"s rights movement, where she was founder and first Secretary of the Ladies Reading Room and Current Events Club (Old Colony Club).

Politics

After World War I she became active in politics as president of the Women"s Party, which ran two candidates in the 1925 Saint John"s municipal election.