Margaret Ashton

Margaret Ashton
At the Free Trade Hall in 1909
Born(1856-01-19)19 January 1856
Withington, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died15 October 1937(1937-10-15) (aged 81)
OccupationPolitician
OrganizationWomen's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
Known forFirst woman city councillor for Manchester
FatherThomas Ashton
RelativesThomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (brother)
Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde (nephew)

Margaret Ashton (19 January 1856 – 15 October 1937) was an English suffragist, local politician, pacifist and philanthropist. She was the first woman city councillor for Manchester.

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