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The woman in green who won the Khaki election

Posted by: Tara Finn, Posted on: 14 December 2018 - Categories: Defence and conflict, Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
Clare elections, Victory procession led by pipers, Constance Markievicz in white coat, source: National Library of Ireland

In what has been termed the khaki election (1918), the first election in which (some) women could vote, a woman in green was elected to be the first woman member of parliament.

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