Women and the Municipal Elections: Touching my note on Tuesday about the small number (11) of women candidates entered for the municipal elections this November, I may add a word as to the cause … … The reason is largely to be found in the limitation of the field of choice under the Act of 1907, by Which no woman can be elected who is not on the register. The effect, of course, is to disqualify married women (unless they are widows) from sitting in Borough Councils out of London. Mrs. Pinsent, in Birmingham is one of the few married women on the register. The revising barrister there takes the view that the Act in declaring that women “should not be disqualified by sex or marriage” entitles married women to be put on the register. … …
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949