first women's vote in a vote in a political meeting
(1818)

thing and meeting

Died aged 0

Commemorated on 1 plaque

The beginnings of female emancipation in the UK originate in this field in Lydgate where, on 4 May 1818, women were first recorded as being given the opportunity to vote in a political meeting. The meeting was organised by a radical reformer, Samuel Bamford, and is recorded in the National Archive

Lydgate, Oldham, United Kingdom where it sited