In 1918, women aged over 30 had at last won the right to vote. Two years later the first Luton women eligible to sit on a jury at Assizes or Quarter Sessions were named. There were 112 of them, half being widows and most in business. On October 7th, 1920, the Luton News published the following list of the 112:
ABELL: Mrs H. M., draper, 56 Stuart Street.
ARNOLD: Mrs A. E., widow, publican, 96 New Town Street.
AUSTIN: Miss E., draper, 49a Stuart Street.
BALDWIN: Miss R., confectioner, 90 Wellington Street.
BENNETT: Mrs M. J., widow, manufacturer, 47 Princess Street.
BLAKE: Mrs A. K., widow, dressmaker, 88 Wellington Street.
BLOWN: Mrs E., widow, draper, 30 New Bedford Road.
BURLEY: Mrs E. A., widow, manufacturer, 23 London Road.
CHAMBERLAIN: Mrs A. M., widow, hardware dealer, 106 Dunstable Road.
CLARK: Mrs H., corn dealer, 80 High Town Road.
CLARKE: Mrs S., widow, grocer, 182 High Town Road.
CLAYTON: Miss N., boarding-house keeper, 38 Moor Street.
COLE: Miss M. E., forelady, 11 Napier Road.
COMPTON: Mrs S., widow, publican, 39 Alma Street.
COOKE: Miss M., 5 Dunstable Road.
COOPER: Mrs M. L. widow, publican, 112 Park Street.
CORNEY: Mrs A., widow, cartoon box manufacturer, 9 Peel Street.
COSTIN: Miss A. E., schoolmistress, 159 Dunstable Road.
COX: Mrs R., widow, 23 Cheapside.
DALE: Mrs A., boarding-house keeper, New Bedford Road.
DANIELS: Mrs A. M., widow, corsetiere, 59a High Town Road.
DARTON: Mrs A., widow, publican, 182 Park Street.
DAVIS: Mrs K. A., widow, beer retailer, 92 High Town Road.
DARLEY: Mrs M., widow, publican, 23 New Town Street.
DESBOROUGH: Miss E. S., draper, 14 Tennyson Road.
DOLBE: Mrs C. M., widow, boarding-house keeper, 1 Church Street.
EAMES: Mrs O. E., manufacturer, 61 Cobden Street.
EATON: Miss E. A., publican, 56 Chapel Street.
ELING: Mrs F. H., widow, machinist, 83 Chapel Street.
EVANS: Miss M., restaurant keeper, 28 Bute Street.
EYLES: Mrs A., widow, Studley Road.
EYLES: Mrs M., widow, boarding-house keeper, 34 Conway Road.
FARBROTHER: Mrs J. R., 33 Moor Street.
FENSOME: Mrs E., widow, publican, 29 Cobden Street.
FENSOME Mrs S. A., widow, printer and stationer, 41 Waller Street.
FLAVELL: Miss S., 50 Biscot Road.
FREEMAN: Mrs L., widow, 82 Dunstable Road.
GARDNER: Mrs E., widow, 136 Dunstable Road.
GARRAD: Miss J., draper, 34 Chapel Street.
GIBBS: Miss C., draper, 50 Chapel Street.
GODFREY: Miss L., hardware dealer, 80 Castle Street.
GODFREY: Miss M. B., 29 Church Street.
GRACE: Mrs A. D., widow, 2 Bury Park Road.
GRIGG: Mrs S., widow, boarding-house keeper, 5 Biscot Road.
GRISTWOOD: Mrs E. J.., widow, grocer, 55 Wellington Street.
GROOM: Miss L., 8 Crawley Road.
HARRIS: Miss M., milliner, 19 Upper George Street.
HAWKES: Mrs F., widow, publican, 18 and 16, High Town Road.
HAYNES: Miss C. E., schoolmistress, 20 Cardiff Grove.
HELEY: Mrs M., costumier, 5 New Bedford Road.
HESSEY: Mrs S. E., greengrocer, 72 High Town Road.
HICKS: Mrs E. V., widow, boarding-house keeper, 27 Brook Street.
HUMPHREYS: Mrs S., boarding-house keeper, 25 Moor Street.
IMBER: Mrs M. M., widow, publican, 108 Lea Road.
IRONS: Mrs B., furniture dealer, 60a Park Street.
JACKSON: Miss E., confectioner, Manchester Street.
JAQUEST: Mrs R., widow, 25 Ashburnham Road.
JONES: Mrs G. R., widow, 14 Cardiff Road.
KEELING: Miss M. L., boarding-house keeper, 36 Brook Street.
KING: Miss E. A., spinster, New Bedford Road.
KINGSTON: Mrs Annie, widow, restaurant keeper, 8 Church Street.
KIRBY: Mrs A. M., baker, 1a Althorp Road.
LEABERRY: Mrs M. A., widow, 13 West Hill Road.
LYE: Miss L., New Bedford Road.
MACDONALD: Mrs L. V., costumier, 14 Stuart Street,
McMAHON: Mrs M. A., boarding-house keeper, Rothesay Road.
MANTZ: Mrs E., widow, boarding-house keeper, 32 Cardiff Road.
MARCH: Mrs F. A., widow, tobacconist, 23 Cheapside.
MARSHALL: Miss R. B., manufacturer, 1 Villa Road.
MEAD: Mrs A., widow, boarding-house keeper, 51 Cardiff Road.
MEYER: Mrs E., widow, 36 Ashburnham Road.
MOODY: Miss A. H., milliner, 18 Wellington Street.
NOBLE: Mrs O., boarding-house keeper, 38 Rothesay Road.
OAKLEY: Mrs C., widow, 258 High Town Road.
OLNEY: Miss A., 54 Brook Street.
OWEN: Mrs H. L., widow, cutler, 94 Wellington Street.
PEARSON: Mrs C. J., 179 Castle Street.
RALLEY: Mrs S., widow, publican, 43 Church Street.
REEVES: Miss E., grocer, 62 Russell Street.
ROBERTSON: Miss S., grocer, 15 Grove Road.
ROBINSON: Mrs E., widow, boarding-house keeper, 12 Cardiff Grove.
ROSS: Mrs A. S., widow, boarding-house keeper, 53 Cardiff Road.
SANSOM: Mrs H., widow, boarding-house keeper, 28 Cardiff Road.
SAPWELL: Mrs E., widow, manufacturer, 36 Crawley Road.
SAUTER: Mrs E., milliner, 38 Cheapside.
SCHOEPPLER: Mrs A. M., pork butcher, 2 George Street.
SCRUBY: Mrs A., widow, 37 Westbourne Road.
SEAR: Miss L., manufacturer, 103 Stuart Street.
SHOOSMITH: Miss E., 11 West Hill Road.
SILSBY: Miss F., costumier, 19 Leagrave Road.
SMITH: Mrs E. M., publican, 79 High Town Road.
SMITH: Miss J., confectioner, 32 Chapel Street.
SMITH: Mrs M., draper, 26 New Bedford Road.
SNEATH: Mrs E., widow, hairdresser, 10 Church Street.
SQUIRE: Mrs C., hair specialist, 23 Upper George Street.
STOKES: Mrs M., widow, manufacturer, 51 Collingdon Street.
STRATTON: Mrs A., florist, 3 Church Street.
SWAIN: Miss F., manufacturer, 35 Williamson Street.
TAYLOR: Mrs S., widow, boot retailer, 21 Park Street.
THACKWELL: Mrs E., boarding-house keeper, 29 and 31 Brook Street.
TOYER: Miss L. R., costumier, 57 Wellington Street.
TROTT: Mrs G. B., widow, 11 Cardiff Road.
WARREN: Mrs R., widow, 16 Rothesay Road.
WEBDALE: Mrs F., 10 Stuart Street.
WHITE: Miss L., manufacturer, 59 Castle Street.
WHITE: Mrs L., boarding-house keeper, 35 Ashburnham Road.
WIGHTMAN: Mrs E., widow, laundry agent, 78 Wellington Street.
WISEMAN: Mrs E., manufacturer, 6 Stuart Street.
WREN: Miss C., manufacturer, 24 Cumberland Street.
WREN: Mrs M., widow, Dunstable Road.
YOUNG: Miss F. M., newsagent, 32 Langley Street.