Findmypast Somerset electoral rolls

[anne fraser]

I have just discovered these have been added and have found several of my ancestors. However I wonder if anyone knows where these are from as from about 1900 I have found several women listed as householders generally widows although they did not have the vote until about 1920.

[kiterunner]

Where are they on fmp, please, Anne? I've only seen them on British Origins.
Women were allowed to vote in local council elections if they qualified as householders, before they had the parliamentary vote.

[anne fraser]

Sorry I meant British Origins. I did not realise that women could vote in local elections before 1920.