Margaret Travers Symons
Margaret Travers Symons | |
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| Born | Margaret Anne Williams 18 August 1879 Paddington, London, England |
| Died | after 1951 |
| Employer | Keir Hardie |
| Known for | First woman to speak in the British House of Commons |
| Political party | Labour |
Margaret Ann Travers Symons (née Williams; 18 August 1879 – after 1951) was a British suffragette. On 13 October 1908, she became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons when she broke away from her escort into the debating chamber and made an exclamation to the assembly.