Suffragist Quotes

“All feminists are suffragists, but not all suffragists are feminists," as one feminist explained.”
― Jill Lepore, The Secret History of Wonder Woman

“Mary Woolley wasn't only a suffragist; she was also a feminist. "Feminism is not a prejudice," she said, "It is a principle.”
― Jill Lepore, The Secret History of Wonder Woman

“You have put me in here a cub, but I will come out roaring like a lion, and I will make all hell howl!”
― Carry A. Nation

“Because I have conducted my own operas and love sheep-dogs; because I generally dress in tweeds, and sometimes, at winter afternoon concerts, have even conducted in them; because I was a militant suffragette and seized a chance of beating time to The March of the Women from the window of my cell in Holloway Prison with a tooth-brush; because I have written books, spoken speeches, broadcast, and don't always make sure that my hat is on straight; for these and other equally pertinent reasons, in a certain sense I am well known.”
― Ethel Smyth