#OnThisDay, 26 Nov 1867, Lily Maxwell voted in Chorlton Town Hall, Manchester, UK.

At the time only men who where ratepayers could vote. A widow running a shop, Maxwell’s name was put on the electoral roll by mistake.

She marched down to the town hall and voted, becoming the first recorded woman to vote in the UK.
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