Prince Edward Island still retains its prohibition law. In the island, one divorce was granted in 1931, two in 1935, and two in 1937. Out of a popu* lation of 94,(XX) only five divorces in seven years. No woman has ever been sent to the Inter-Provincial Home at Coverdal, New Brunswick, from Prince Edward Island, and two ot tin’ five magistrates stated that they never had a woman brought into their court.
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White Ribbon, Volume 47, Issue 5, 18 June 1941, Page 4
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