CarveHerName on Nostr: #OnThisDay, 20 Nov 1908, suffrage campaigner Millicent Fawcett became the first woman ...

#OnThisDay, 20 Nov 1908, suffrage campaigner Millicent Fawcett became the first woman to speak at the Oxford Union debating society since its formation in 1823.

No women were allowed to be equal members of the union until 1963, although some were invited to speak there.

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