events
October 13, 1908
Margaret Travers Symons bursts into the UK parliament and becomes the first woman to speak there.
Margaret Travers Symons
Margaret Ann Travers Symons 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.
October 13
October 13 is the 286th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 79 days remain until the end of the year.