Fatima Cates: Victorian woman who helped set up UK's first mosque honoured
A ceremony has been held to commemorate the life of a Victorian woman who helped to set up the UK's earliest-known mosque.
Born Francess Elizabeth Murray, she is believed to be the first woman to convert to Islam on British soil when she became a Muslim in 1887.
She adopted the name Fatima - after one of Prophet Muhammad's daughters - and was soon appointed treasurer of the Liverpool Muslim Institute.
Current British Muslims described her as a "trailblazer" following a crowdfunder to install a headstone at her grave in Anfield Cemetery.
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