Edna Watson

Edna Irene Watson MCP (1895 – 1976) with Hilda Aitken was one of the first two female members of the colonial parliament of Bermuda. She represented the Paget parish from 1948 to 1953 after a campaign by The Women's Suffrage Society for her election to the House of Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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