Agnes Husband, a milliner and dressmaker, was a suffragette and one of Dundee’s first women councillors.
Agnes Husband
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To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, GWL is developing an animated web resource highlighting the forgotten heroines who have campaigned for women across the world to have the right to vote.
Agnes Husband, a milliner and dressmaker, was a suffragette and one of Dundee’s first women councillors.
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