LABORITE MEMBER ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT WEARING LADY'S BONNET
London, UK (JFK+50) On February 12, 1926, Associated Press reports that the Laborite member of the House of Commons "desired to raise a point" but the rules required him "to don his hat."
Since Mr. G. Buchanan left his hat at home, he borrowed the "velvet toque" of fellow Laborite member Miss Ellen C. Wilkinson. When he addressed the Speaker so adorned, he was greeted with "noisy merriment" from the assembly.
AP says that this "little comedy" had been long awaited "ever since the advent of woman members."
SOURCE
"House of Commons Addressed by Man In Woman's Bonnet," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1926, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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