Margret Ashton

2015, 10 minutes

A film about the first female Councillor in Manchester in the late 19th century.

Margret Ashton, Manchester's first women councillor and reformer who was drummed out of the city council because she campaigned for peace during World War One. The film is a two hander with an actor playing Margaret Ashton c1914 and a modern day Tour Guide, Bhawna Bhawsar.

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