#sufferagette

[wildwitchlady]

All the book's pages are blank.

[the-patchwork-girl-of-oz]

L Frank Baum: I’m going to write a children’s novel with political metaphors. Some parts of of won’t age well because I’m a white man in the Edwardian era, but it will be very progressive for its time, thanks to the ispiriation I take from my sufferagette wife and mother in law. It will be banned many times for being too progressive.

Gregory Maguire: I’m going to adapt this book into an adult political novel, the main character is going to be a metaphor for how women of color are discriminated against.

Wicked movie audience: why is it woke?! It was never supposed to be woke!!!😡

[annyankers]

so one of the by products of stewing over the victorian thing as i scheme my schemes is it made me think about like the scene where william is publicly humiliated but buffy swoops in to defend him. and that spiraled into an all human no magic au concept where she does that and he basically instantly falls in love with and starts to court her and she's just genuinely so charmed. william as just his fumbling kinda dorky self and buffy just getting so down bad for it. delightful. i especially am fond of the idea that buffy is actually still very invested in horror and death and things, like she's a fan of poe, reads penny dreadfuls etc as opposed to being the slayer. and it's an interesting little point of tension between them as he prefers to not think of such things. at some point she says she appreciates that about him because she loves how he focuses on beauty and kindness and it forces him to reevaluate how he'd been acting about her own interests and try to at least understand her taste even if he never really enjoys any of it himself.

also william being utterly uncouth and scandalous by cutting the usual courtship short and just straight up proposing because she's gotten the memo it's time to head back to the us and he's doing the 1880s equivalent of chasing after her in the airport. william ending up becoming a bit more of like, the good positive bits of spike, after he gets married because he is truly a sappy megaromantic and gains power and confidence from being in a relationship lol.

also ofc buffy is a sufferagette and an avid cycler and athlete. she doesn't go fully in for things like bloomers because she just loves fashion too much lol. she is truly a fashion horse you can't take that away from her. also it's VERY likely she led william astray and tempted him into premarital sex bc she got way to into him reciting his Mid-But-Heartfelt poetry and also cuddling. she's weak okay you let her get her little head on his chest and she's embarrassingly besotted.

[edwin-paynes-bowtie]

Head cannons for alive Edwin seeing a suffergette march?

How do you think Edwin would react to a newspaper explaining that the Titanic had sank? Remember Edwin would’ve been 12 in 1912 when the Titanic sank

I feel like Edwin would privately support the sufferagette movement but would stay quiet about it. He was already quiet and moved in a restrained way as not to stand out; I assume he wouldn't want people to see him Supporting Women as effeminate gay boys do.

I bet Edwin knew someone on the Titanic honestly. Wouldn't have to be a friend or family member, necessarily, but he was upper-crust and went to a school for the children of military officers. I'm sure someone in his social circle experienced it, which would have been difficult for him to stomach since I think he's really empathetic despite outward appearances.

[mithliya]

People claiming sufferagettes were radfems is actually hogwild, how is voting rights at all as radical as stuff like separatism?

its genuinely insane. no wonder theyre so offended when told they arent radfems, they dont even know what a radfem is!

[forwomenbiwomen]

Girl fuck your racist first wave feminism sufferagette shit

?? What happened to hello?

[thechaoticgentleman]

I saw a doll at the thrift store the other day, it was a light brown bear dressed in fancy dress, it was a beautiful maroon with lace. She had a hat on as well. A lovely sufferagette, standing alone atop a dusty wooden shelf. She reminded me of the baroness. Noble, breath taking, yet alone.

[softbutchvodkasoup]

The argument goes that the trannies are the ones forcing society back to hyper-scrutinizing womanhood. That by Them not adhering to gender roles, we real women have No Choice but to throw our lot in with the rest patriarchal misogyny industrial apparatus, and if only it werent for Them we COULD have those things!

It's the same thing second wave feminists did to lesbians. "Not all feminists are hairy man hating dykes" ALSO set the movement back decades; we see a pattern of so called feminists throwing "unacceptable" womanhoods under the bus; all the way back to the white sufferagettes movement.

being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

[scotianostra]

July 13th 1900 saw the birth of Elizabeth “Bessie” Watson in Edinburgh.

Born just off the Grassmarket, at 11 The Vennel to Agnes Newton and Horatio Watson, Bessie did not take long to make her mark in the world, at the tender age of 9 she combined her two greatest loves: bagpiping and woman’s suffrage, the latter makes her arguably the youngest in Scotland, if not the world.

When she turned seven, Bessie’s aunt Margaret contracted tuberculosis – an incident which would change the youngster’s life forever. Margaret lived with the family, and Bessie’s parents, worried that she might fall ill to the contagious disease, encouraged her to take up the bagpipes in a bid to strengthen her weak lungs. Her first set of pipes was specially-produced according to her diminutive stature as she was too small to properly inflate an adult-sized bag. The half-sized set of pipes was purchased from Robertson’s pipe makers at 58 Grove Street. “I hurried home from school and carried it, in a brown paper parcel down to my (music) teacher”, Bessie recalled. As one of the very few female bagpipe players in the world at that time – not to mention one of the youngest – Bessie took to her new instrument with great enthusiasm.

Bessie had more than her bag pipe playing to make her worthy of a post here, while walking with her mother through the streets of Edinburgh, Scotland, Bessie stopped to look at the window of the Women’s Social and Political Union office. Bessie became excited about the idea of women receiving the right to vote, even though she wouldn’t be able to vote for many years.

Bessie realized that her talents could help promote votes for women. She would run from school each day to play her bagpipes outside of the Calton Jail in Edinburgh for fellow suffragettes in prison.

At the first suffrage pageant she performed at, she wore a sash with the words “Votes for Women” as she performed with her bagpipes. At the height of the suffragette movement, Bessie was playing at major demonstrations and parades for the Women’s Social and Political Union, including the famous procession through Edinburgh on 9th October 1909. On that day a large crowd watched as hundreds of banner-laden ladies, wearing the suffragist colours of purple, white and green, marched down Princes Street before congregating at Waverley Market for a rally led by Emmeline Pankhurst. Watson rode on a float beside a woman dressed as Isabella Duff, Countess of Buchan in her cage! Isabella is famed for crowning Robert the Bruce at Scone when he seized the Scottish crown, she was later captured with the Bruce family and held prisoner in a cage in the open air at Berwick for four years.

Back to oor Bessie, who just a ten year-old she travelled to London to play her bagpipes in a women’s march on June 17th, 1911. J ust a few weeks later, for George’s state visit to Edinburgh, Bessie, leading the 2nd Edinburgh Company of the Girl Guides, received recognition from the king himself as she raised her salute. Having secured regal acknowledgement in time for her 11th birthday, Scotland’s youngest female piper continued in her quest to support women’s rights, accompanying inmates bound for Holloway Prison to Waverley Station and playing the pipes as their trains departed.

For the part she played in Edinburgh’s historic women’s rights pageant of 1909, young Bessie received a special gift from one very prominent individual. Christabel Pankhurst (daughter of Emmeline) came to Edinburgh to address a meeting at the King’s Theatre and Bessie was invited to attend. During the evening she was presented with a brooch representing Queen Boadicea (Boudica) in her chariot, as a token of gratitude for her help in the pageant.

During WWI, Bessie was just a teenager and used her talents to make a difference in other ways. She began helping the Scots Guard to recruit army volunteers by playing her bagpipes

In 1926 Bessie moved with her parents to a new house on Clark Road, Trinity where she would remain for the rest of her days. Following her marriage to electrical contractor John Somerville at the end of the Second World War, Bessie devoted her life to teaching music and foreign languages. Former neighbours recall that, even into her late eighties, Bessie continued to play her bagpipes at 11am every morning. It was something she had always done.

Bessie died in 1992, two and a half weeks short of her 92nd birthday. Over the course of her long life she had experienced almost a century of social progression and upheaval, and had played her part in changing the world for the better.

[fmpdanishgirl]

THE ROARING 20'S

The 1920's were a decade of luxury and indulgence for many; however, there was a lot more to it than just wall street and flapper dresses.

FASHION OF THE 20'S 

Fashion in the 20's consisted of a lot of things. The main fashion statement of the 20's was the liberation of the corset, a very different thing from the past hundreds of years. As women were now starting to gain more rights thanks to the suffrage movement, many women did not want to be limited by the rigid corsetry of the Victorian era. 

Following the movement of more fredom of clothes in the 1920s, the sillouhette generally moved away from the hourglass steriotypical. Up until this point in history, many people now prefer a dropped wait line due to its versatility to different body shapes as it made everyone look great, as well as a shorter hem. This also allowed much more freedom for movement as women found they could now dance more freely as well as play many more sports. however just because these dresses were simple it does not mean they wasn't beautiful many techniques were used to create different effects which look absolutely gorgeous

Headware and hair also changed dramatically in the 1920s. Many people opted to wear hats such as chloche hats and bobbed hairstyles. This, I believe, came mostly from the insporation of La Garconne, the bachelorette, who went against almost all society standards of the previous era, getting pregnant out of wedlock, cutting her hair short, and wearing stereotypically manly clothes.

on this website it lists many other fashion trends of the 1920s in more depth.

Also in this video is shown some of the main fashion trends with more visually shown element's.

SUFFERAGETTES

The suffering movement started in 1840 and ended in 1920, but it really picked up the pace in the early 1900s. The suffrage movement was a movement by women for women focusing on gaining more rights, in particular the right to vote. 

A lot of traction for the women's rights movement came from WWI. This was because many women didn't have roles in the workplace, such as factories, etc., so when all the men were away at work, the women were needed to help run things back home while the men were at home. So when the war came to an end, many women decided that they didn't want to go back to their old lives where they depended on their husbands and, in fact, wanted to build a life for themselves and gain independence. 

One of the most famous suffrage protests was at the 1913 Epsom Derby. On this day, while the horses were racing, Emily Davison threw herself in front of King George's horse, Ammer. It is unclear whether Emily intended for the horse to hit her or for the horse to stop in another part of gaining attention for the rights, but either way, this was a tragic day and made many more people fight for women's rights, and women took a lot more seriously due to the public seeing the places they are willing to go to to get their rights.

In this video it shows the tragedy of which happened to suffragette Emily Davidson

this is another video which describes the acts of the suffragettes.

HARVARD REFERENCE

BBC News. (2018). Suffragettes: 100 years since women won the right to vote - BBC News. [Online]. YouTube. Last Updated: 6th February. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbdskuuocpg [Accessed 11 March 2024].

The Guardian. (2013). Suffragette Emily Davison knocked down by King's horse at Epsom. [Online]. YouTube. Last Updated: 4th june. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qkU_imbFoE [Accessed 11 March 2024].

Glamourdaze. (2020). Roaring 1920's Fashion Trends - What Did Women Wear. [Online]. YouTube. Last Updated: 1st May. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwxFc2rLIs&t=1s [Accessed 11 March 2024].

Vintage Dancer. (2019). 1920s Fashion & Women’s Clothing Trends. [Online]. Vintage Dancer. Last Updated: 25th june. Available at: https://vintagedancer.com/1920s/1920s-womens-fashion/ [Accessed 11 March 2024].

[saramackenzie1982]

How can I forget this morning? Thank you, @greaternewbritainchamber @libertybankct and Polmart for the wonderful gathering!

#InternationalWomensDay #WomensHistory #WomensRights #Sufferagette #WomanWriter

[bonnie131313]

What the woman who labors wants is the right to live, not simply exist — the right to life as the rich woman has the right to life, and the sun and music and art. You have nothing that the humblest worker has not a right to have also. The worker must have bread, but she must have roses, too. 

Rose Schneiderman - 1912

[scotianostra]

The Scottish Suffragette  Agnes Henderson Brown was born on April 12th 1866 in Edinburgh.

Nannie Brown, as she later became known as was born at 125 Princes Street, which is slap bang opposite the Castle. The street  in those days would have been mainly a residential one, as it was meant to be in the plans for the New Town, George Street was meant to be the main shopping are. 

Their father was interested in social and political reform and the house became a centre of cultural activity. The Dad ran a number of fruit shops under the title of William Brown & Sons he trained his daughters, Agnes and Jessie, well and refused to submit to laws that he objected to, he was an activist for women’s rights. His opposition to taxes that differentiated between genders caused him to end up in Calton Gaol. 

Agnes and her sister Jessie  were among the first women to be seen on bicycles in Scotland. The safety bicycle was the direct ancestor of today’s machines. With a slight adaptation they attracted thousands of women to cycling and some historians point to the safety bicycle as the beginnings of suffrage, women’s rights and feminism.

They first became active in the (WFL) Women’s Freedom League around 1910. Agnes was one of 6 women who walked the whole length of the Edinburgh to London suffrage march in 1912. It took five weeks and involved walking around 15 miles a day and attending a suffrage rally each evening. The marchers were dressed in russet brown jackets, earning the six women the name (the) Brown Women.

Following Emily Davison’s death at the Derby in 1913 a deputation of Councillors, JPs ministers, solicitors and barristers from Scotland and the North of England tried to see Prime minister Asquith, He refused to see them so they formed the ‘Northern Men’s Federation for Women’s Suffrage’ Agnes became secretary of the Edinburgh Branch.

Unlike the (WSPU) The Women’s Social and Political Union , the WFL welcomed male support in the struggle. They continued campaigning throughout the war years.

After the war Agnes was involved in setting up the (SWRI)  Scottish Women’s Rural Institute and was an organiser from 1917-22. She was also a member of the Edinburgh Women’s Citizens Association.

Nannie Brown wrote articles and plays and participated in societies such as the Edinburgh Dickens Fellowship, where she  learned women to type and ride a bicycle. 

She continued to walk. Not content with the Brown Women walk she repeated a similar walk but this time she set off from John O Groats. As she travelled to London she reported on her journey in the Weekly Scotsman.  

Agnes Brown died on 1st December 1943 and was buried with her parents in Dean Cemetery Edinburgh.  She was noted in the Scottish Saltire Society who published her obituary as an Outstanding Women of Scotland Community in 2014

[shadydreamerdonut]

AppleTV, please stop.

I cannot get through your trailer for the upcoming Emily Dickinson drama, even your abridged one without cringing. Please, stop. 

If you want a girl boss, make a biopic about Marry Wollstonecraft or Emmeline Pankhurst. (I’d recommend Anne Lister but she is already being thoughtfully portrayed) 

If you are looking for feminist writers, you have an endless selection! Virginia Woolf, Erica Jong, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton and Susan Sontag to name a few!

Emily Dickinson has and never will be, a girl boss. Was she extraordinary? Yes. Was she unbelievably gifted? Yes. And were her talents unprecedented considering the overwhelming chauvinism and oppression of that time period? Also yes. -- But she never, by any means tried to overcome the patriarchy. 

“I’m going to be the best poet that ever lived.” No, no, no. Did she achieve this? Perhaps to some. She certainly became one of the most well known. But was that her ambition? NO, not by a long shot, you silly gillyflowers! 99.5% of the poems that she ever wrote, 1200 of them were not published until AFTER her death. Getting published or overcoming the odds was not her life’s ambition. 

Also she never was trying to surpass the oppression of her Father. Her Father actually supported the education of her and her sisters. But sure, I’ll give you a benefit of a doubt that he might have been misogynist towards her. 

*Cue scene of her dancing with friends, sneaking out to parties and flirting* ALSO NO. It’s strongly supported that she never dated, never wanted to get married and was incredibly introverted. To quote a book actually written about her, with an author who you know, actually did research 

“Evidence suggests that Dickinson lived much of her life in isolation. Considered an eccentric by locals, she developed a penchant for white clothing and was known for her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, to even leave her bedroom. Dickinson never married, and most friendships between her and others depended entirely upon correspondence”

You’re probably thinking: But who would want to watch a film about a woman who suffered from depression and never left her room ? Who lived such reserved life? Actually, a lot of people. At least I would, because despite this -- she still left an incredibly legacy. One hardly rivaled in the world of literature. 

She was not outspoken nor did she ever probably feel safe to be that way. But no matter how quiet, mute she might have been in her every day life. The words that she wrote would deafen out even a lion’s roar. Or in this case, your film. 

[jaimedsworld]

Thank you @penguinrandomhouse for the book. Everyone should learn how the battle begun.

[partyinvalhalla]

Fun fact; Sufferagettes in the 1920's argued that women should have the right to vote because they are "more deserving" than black people

The founders of Planned Parenthood were pro-eugenics.

Does this mean that women should be barefoot, pregnant, second class citizens?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

What it does mean is that we can't hold the people of yesteryear to our modern standards.

It's so funny and also distressing to me when people are like "the creator of zionism was a bigot". Like. It was the late 1800s/early 1900s. Several people who had good ideas where also shit heads. Thomas Edison was a shit head (didn't even really invent the light bulb). It was quite possible Gideon Sundbackn creator of the zipper, wasn't the best person. Karl Marx while creating Marxism wasn't the best person himself either.

Like. Yall agree that these people wouldn't have beliefs that 100% line up with progressiveness but did contribute good things to the world. So why won't you apply that same thought to zionism? Because zionism is "evil" no doubt about it? Maybe you should fucking learn it the learn what your using means, the several schools of thought that go along with it, and then shut the fuck up and stop saying a philosophy that says jewish people deserve a goverment and people in their homeland is nazism ffs.