Women Voters in Birmingham: A series of interesting decisions have been given by the Revising Barrister for the City of Birmingham, during the last three years. In the first place, the old stock objection of the party agents: “that you are a married woman” (or “that you are disqualified by reason of coverture”) has been completely disestablished. Mr. Brooks (the Revising Barrister) holds that by inference the Act which was passed by the present Government to remove the disqualification of sex and marriage for election to City Councils, removed the previous Common Law disqualification of married women as burgesses. … … … It was an interesting outcome of the first of these decisions that a married woman, Mrs. Pinsent became enrolled as a burgess, and was then elected to the City Council. …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949