Marrianne’s Reviews > Suffragettes: The Fight for Votes for Women > Status Update

Hearing what some of these men and women went through is harrowing, but their strength and courage is absolutely astounding. Mary Leigh is an icon: 'I will put my back against the wall and nothing will bring me to submission.'

When human rights are made a flimsy piece of bargaining paper you can't expect people to want to follow rules written on the same sheet.

The details so far have just gone to show that if you do things peacefully for 40 years, are disregarded, belittled, manhandled and made to feel as though you are being unreasonable for wanting a say in your own country to which you contribute, it gets you nowhere. Just sometimes it is necessary to use a little force. Also I'm convinced some of the Anti's really don't read what they write. That poem was ridiculous.