Lilly Maxwell
Scottish suffragist · Lived 1800 to 1876 · aged 76
Lilly Maxwell or Lily Maxwell was a British suffragist who, in 1867, was the first woman known to have voted at a parliamentary contest since the 1832 Reform Act had limited the franchise to ‘male persons’. This resulted in an important test case at the Court of Common Pleas.
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Lived 1800 to 1876 · aged 76