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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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Jane Cobden
Jane Cobden
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Cobden, Jane
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Its members included
Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy
,
Jane Cobden
,
William Lloyd Garrison
,
Josephine Butler
, and
Mrs P. A. (Clementia) Taylor
(convenor of the first
Women's Suffrage Committee
formed in London), among others.
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November 1888
The
Society for Promoting Women as County Councillors
was founded.
17 January 1889
Supported by the
Society for Promoting Women as County Councillors
,
Margaret, Lady Sandhurst
, and
Jane Cobden
became the first women to be elected to the newly formed
London County Council
.
18 March 1889
As a result of the suit of
Beresford Hope
v. Sandhurst,
Margaret, Lady Sandhurst
, lost her position on the
London County Council
.
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