These are the names, ages and occupations of the 37 women working in the ceramic and iron industries across the Ironbridge Gorge, who gained the right to vote in 1918. 

However, women could only vote if they were over the age of 30, and if they or their husband owned a certain amount of property. These strictures meant that more than 120 of their direct contemporaries were still denied the right to vote. 

WORKERS FROM JACKFIELD

These women could vote because of their husband's qualification status

Ellen Anslow, 30. Paintress

Ada Burns, 43. Tile Polisher

Mary Ellen Gallier, 42. Mosaicist

Sarah Hodge, 32. Mosaicist

Jemima Jones, 35. Encaustic Tile Maker

Laura Jones, 35. Tile Worker

Elizabeth Perks, 43. Encaustic Tile Burnisher

Ada Poole, 36. Encaustic Tile Cleaner

Annie Poole, 41. Mosaicist

Bridget Shaw, 53. Tile Presser

Susannah Williams, 34. Mosaic Tile Worker

These women could vote in their own right

Mary Morgan, 56. Tile Presser

Mary Oswell, 50. Tile Mosaic

 

WORKERS FROM COALPORT CHINA FACTORY

These women could vote because of their husband's qualification status

Emma Austin, 62. Paintress

Jane Ellen Boden, 37. China Printer Transferer

Martha Bryan, 73. China Painter

Ethel Mary Edwards, 32. Printer (Art ware)

Rose Hannah Fidler, 38. Printing at China Works

Louise George, 37. China Placers Assistant

Edith Annie Harrison, 28. Painter

Mary Oakes, 48. Warehouse Woman

Harriet Perkins, 50. China Painter

Margaret Elizabeth Perks, 31. Paintress

May Taylor, 32. Gold Burnisher

Jane Williams, 54. China Transferer

These women could vote in their own right

Jane Bissell, 61. China Trimmer

Susannah Bowen, 63. Green Room

Mary Ann Fardoe, 72. Warehouse Reaver

Emma Glaze, 77. Ground Layer

Mary Wright, 33. Dipper

 

WORKERS FROM BROSELEY PIPE WORKS

This woman could vote because of her husband's qualification status

Mary Shaw, 48. Pipe Marker

These women could vote in their own right

Isabella Edwards, 63. Pipe Maker

Marguerite Edwards, 54. Pipe Finisher

Eliza Jones, 70. Pipe Finisher

Harriet Jones, 65. Tobacco Pipe Packer

Martha Jones, 63. Pipe Finisher

Mary Thompson, 62. Pipe Maker