Women in Municipal Life: Birmingham’s Unique Position: … … (long discussion) … … It is 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. And it is an equally interesting result of the cumulative force of the decision that there are probably more women burgesses in Birmingham in proportion to the electorate than in any other city in the kingdom.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949