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more about #womenssuffrage Maulleigh: My dad once referred to feminists as "umbrella wavers." I gotta start referring to myself as that! more » LaComtesse: Speaking as someone who has been smacked with a riding switch without her consent (I'm not kidding--Halloween in the Village can be dangerous) my hear... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Not letting women vote? That's a paddlin'. more » attilathehoney: 1. This is my second favorite historical assault, right after Congressman Preston Brooks beating Senator Charles Sumner with his cane, right on the fl... more » save jinger: "And then there was suffrage, which is a good thing, but it sounds horrible." more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): "suffragette wielding a riding-switch"=my next Halloween costume. more » SomeAuthorGirl: "Though we adore men individually, We agree that as a group they're rather stuuuuuuupid...." more » BabyJane: So they were switch hitters? more » mbprice: There are very few times I think violence is an appropriate recourse. Physical defense of the innocent is one. Fighting for your right to a voice in a... more » CurtCole: Gettin' out my Gay Marriage stick as we speak! (Man that sounds dirty) more » thegogglesdonothing: I hope Winston was able to afford the ticket back from Suffragette City. more » wtfox?!: Personally, I think carrying a riding crop should still be standard procedure these days. One would definitely have come in handy this morning. more » Khrushchev: This is soooo the opening scene of my Winston Churchill fanfic. more » hatepaperdoll: Big deal, I spanked Neville Chamberlain on three non-consecutive occasions. more » Annabellie: Don't kid yourself - old Winston probably loved every minute of it. more » Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): Um, I don't think that just came to light. I learnt that in my GCSE history course. more » pax: ENGLISH does not equal BRITISH. They are not synonyms. Kthxbai. more » MerryLilly: You see these women in 1911 and feel proud. Then you see many girls today ,in 2009 (i.e. Tool Academy).. and wonder.. what happened?? Guess I'm kinda ... more » info*ninja: Now it is our CHOICE not to vote. more » tonightineed is actually Mrs. Ziegler-Spock: Huzzah, ladies. more » -
#centennials
When Women Were Women, And Suffragettes Wielded Switches
1909 was a violent year for the women's suffrage movement. "The most serious incident," says author Andrew Rosen, occurred "when Winston Churchill, who had just alighted from a railway carriage, was attacked by a suffragette wielding a riding-switch." [The Awl] -
#suffrage
Be Counted
It's come to light that scores of Englishwomen risked prosecution by refusing to participate in a 1911 census, to protest their inability to vote. Wrote one suffragette, “No votes for women, no census.” [Times UK]
