An academic found a reference to the early example of female suffrage in a little-known book.
A plaque has been unveiled to commemorate what could be the birthplace of the women's suffrage movement.Unveiling the plaque, Oldham Council's leader, Arooj Shah, said: "Oldham has a history of radical thinking and deserves this recognition."
Ms Walton was studying for a masters in literature and arts and wrote a dissertation on how women were represented at the Peterloo Massacre. She discovered a book called Passages in the Life of a Radical, by Middleton-born radical speaker Samuel Bamford, which indicated that a meeting had been held in the field on 4 May 1818.
Its date was 85 years before Emmeline Pankhurst is credited with forming the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 - but Ms Walton believes the seeds of change were first sown in this field in Oldham.
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