#TIL about the British suffragette Margaret Travers Symons who, #OnThisDay in 1908 became the first woman to speak at the UK parliament.
#TIL about the British suffragette Margaret Travers Symons who, #OnThisDay in 1908 became the first woman to speak at the UK parliament.
#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
She "arranged to be taken around the parliament buildings [...] escaped from her escort, [...] burst into the main chamber of the House of Commons where a debate was in progress on a bill regarding various issues related to children" and shouted things along the lines of: "Drop your talk about the children's bill and give us votes for women!"
Good for her!
Aftermath: "While she was not arrested, the Speaker of the House of Commons imposed a sanction excluding her from the House for two years"