The woman in green who won the Khaki election
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Tara Finn, Posted on:
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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](https://history.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/12/Clare_elections_victory_procession_led_by_pipers_Countess_Markievicz_in_white_coat_5551929518-e1544787225174.jpg)
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.