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#TIL about the British suffragette Margaret Travers Symons who, #OnThisDay in 1908 became the first woman to speak at the UK parliament. (stefanbohacek.online)
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#TIL about the British suffragette Margaret Travers Symons who, #OnThisDay in 1908 became the first woman to speak at the UK parliament.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Travers_Symons

#OTD #history #women #WomensHistory #WomensRights #suffragette #feminism

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[–] stefan@stefanbohacek.online 1 points 9 months ago

Aftermath: "While she was not arrested, the Speaker of the House of Commons imposed a sanction excluding her from the House for two years"