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Did most women want the vote?

Perhaps not – it was the suffragettes’ female opponents who asked for a referendum to check. But it’s easier for us to forget that

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

10 May 2014

9:00 AM

One way or another, we’re going to be seeing quite a lot of Helena Bonham Carter and Carey Mulligan in ankle-length coats with pale faces this season. They’re in the film Suffragette, which has been shooting in the House of Commons in recent weeks.

The suffrage campaign was not only successful, it was successful to the extent that any other course now seems a bit preposterous.

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