On 4 July a special unveiling ceremony took place in Manchester Town Hall of the portrait of Margaret Ashton, the first woman councillor for Manchester in 1908. Her portrait was not hung in the council chamber at the time due to the sexism of her male colleagues, and was put away in storage until Alison Ronan, a lifelong youth worker, was researching for her PhD about women pacifists in World War One.
She came across Margaret Ashton and her amazing achievements fighting for justice, health care and an end to poverty. When Alison found out about this injustice she worked hard to trace the portrait, secured funding for repairs and gathered support to put Margaret's portrait in its rightful place.
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