The Woman Who Stood For Parliament... in 1885

Almost 34 years before it was allowed.

In the UK, women didn’t get the vote until 1918… and even then, it was limited to certain women, meeting certain criteria, substantially more restrictive than the criteria applied to men at that time. But 34 years before that milestone, one woman attempted to go even further and get herself elected to Parliament. This is the story of Helen Taylor, would…