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07-02-2008, 10:43 PM
I've just been reading a book "Lost Voices of The Edwardians" by Max Arthur, which includes a chapter on Politics and Suffragettes.

Something I didn't realise - but, I suppose, not entirely surprising - is that, according to one of the people interviewed, thousands of women avoided being counted in the 1901 census.

So, if you can't find a female member of your family that may well be the reason.

Graham