The new film, ‘Suffragette’, released last month, puts the unsung women of the early women’s movement in the spotlight. It highlights the work of ordinary working-class women and the sacrifices they made to secure the vote, the lack of which grouped them with the insane and the poorest men in society in terms of voting rights. By the turn of the 20th century, women’s suffrage societies had been campaigning for the vote for over 50 years. Frustrated by the lackRead more![]()
