History Main / TheSuffragette

->''We're clearly soldiers in petticoats''\\

''"Well done, Sister Suffragette!"''

-->''We're clearly soldiers in petticoats''\\

''"Well done, Sister Suffragette!"''\\
-- "Sister Suffragette", ''Film/MaryPoppins''

* TheFlapper [[note]] A direct descendant of the Suffragette, often literally her daughter. The Flapper is a fully liberated young woman in the 1920s who shows freedom from convention. She probably feels differently about prohibition than her mother.[[/note]]

The Suffragette will often wear white delicate dresses adorned with purple and green sashes. It's important to be feminine in their appearance, as the opposition likes to render them as mannish. However, some Suffragettes couldn't care less what men think, especially about their appearance.

The Suffragette in fiction set in the Victorian period will be the one who argues her case and fights in an intellectual way. The militant variant comes in full force in TheEdwardianEra. It is a fairly popular idea how to portray women in works set in the past. Viewers will usually find their cause worthy, just and interesting. Some older works however might sneer on their fight as unnecessary, unnatural and affected, and it might be implied that women should care about more important things in life and leave politicking to men.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified [[note]] Modern works will portray Suffragettes' struggle sympathetically and the original inequality between men and women will be shown as appalling.[[/note]]

** Effie Newsome is a bright young woman studying law. She's seen at a suffrage event in "Troublemakers" wearing a sash with reads Votes for Women.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' song "Sufferin' 'Til Suffrage" teaches about and celebrates the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.

* The 'WesternAnimation/SchoolhouseRock'' song "Sufferin' 'Til Suffrage" teaches about and celebrates the women's suffrage movement in the U.S.

* In ''Film/MyFairLady'', a suffragette march briefly comes through during the "With a Little Bit of Luck" number.

* In ''Film/MrsSantaClaus'', the title character gets stranded in Manhattan in 1910. One of the characters is a young suffragette named Sadie Lowenstein, who shouts at passersby while standing atop a soapbox. That is to say, she is literally a SoapboxSadie, a name that she is called by in-universe. Mrs. Claus convinces her to soften her approach, and it proves more successful at winning converts to the cause. They get a a musical number, "Suffragette March", which is actually a TriumphantReprise of Mrs. Claus' IWantSong.

* TheFlapper [[note]] A direct descendant of the Suffragette, often literally her daughter. The Flapper is a fully liberated young woman in the 1920s who shows freedom from convention.[[/note]]

** Dr. Julia Ogden is a proto-feminist and she's a successful and respected medical doctor in late Victorian Canada, so she's used to fighting for her own and women's rights. She's active politically, she's always happy to speak for women's right to contraception (illegal at the time). She's willing to be arrested and wants to argue her case in front of a judge. (Murdoch lets her go and persuades her not to, as she would be convicted). She considers running in the Provincial Elections, but declines because of her husband's career who nevertheless would support her if she chose to run.
** Dr. Emily Grace, Dr. Ogden's protegee, gladly joins the women's movement. She's one of the most spirited and eager to fight or throw stones.

** Lilian Moss, Dr. Emily Grace's friend and eventual LoveInterest. They bond over their interest in women's suffrage and both are politically active in the campaign. She persuades her lover Emily to leave Toronto for London and join Mrs. Pankhurst's group.

* DryCrusader: American suffragettes pushed for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
* TheFlapper: A direct descendant of the Suffragette, often literally her daughter. The Flapper is a fully liberated young woman in the 1920s who shows freedom from convention.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Modern works will portray Suffragettes' struggle sympathetically and the original inequality between men and women will be shown as appalling.
* SoapboxSadie: Soapbox Sadie is also the Suffragette's descendant. She cares deeply about ''all'' worthy causes. Her activism is usually idealistic but annoying.
* SpiritedYoungLady: Spirited Young Lady is the Suffragette's ancestor. She's an educated upper-middle class young woman, independent and empowered, who speaks for ''her'' own rights. Like her, the Suffragette is smart and educated, but class distinctions become less important because Suffragettes want equality for all women.
* StayInTheKitchen: Never mind how capable and intelligent these women are, some men (and women, too) insist women shouldn't be active outside of their family and should only be interested in ''properly'' feminine pursuits like family and domesticity.
* StrawFeminist: If the Suffragette is portrayed unsympathetically, she might be the Straw Feminist, i.e. a radical woman who talks about equality for women but wants superiority over men.

Emmeline Pankhurst was the British leader of the campaign and she usually gets at least a shout-out, or she appears as a HistoricalDomainCharacter. See also our useful notes on UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}}. For the general trope about suffrage, see SuffrageAndPoliticalLiberation. Not to be confused with the song "Suffragette City" from Music/DavidBowie's album ''Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars''.

The Suffragette will often wear white delicate dresses adorned with purple and green sashes. It's important to be feminine in their appearance, as the opposition likes to render them as mannish. Some Suffragettes however couldn't care less what men think, especially about their appearance.

Emmeline Pankhurst was the British leader of the campaign and she usually gets at least a shout-out, or she appears as a HistoricalDomainCharacter. See also our useful notes on UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}}. For the general trope about suffrage, see SuffrageAndPoliticalLiberation.

Emmeline Pankhurst was the British leader of the campaign and she usually gets at least a shout-out, or she appears as a HistoricalDomainCharacter. See also our useful notes on UsefulNotes/{{Feminism}}.

* ''Series/HorribleHistories'': In "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmUA6_6UJJU The Suffragette Song]]", suffragettes sing and rap summarised version of history of the Woman's Suffrage Movement in Britain.

The Suffragette will often wear dresses of white delicate dresses adorned with purple and green sashes. It's important to be feminine in their appearance, as the opposition likes to render them as mannish. Some Suffragettes however couldn't care less what men think, especially about their appearance.

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: Modern works will portray Suffragettes' struggle against their oppression sympathetically and the original inequality between men and women will be shown as appalling.

* ''Literature/TheEssexSerpent'' by Sarah Perry is set in 1893. Martha, Cora Seaborne's companion and nanny/governess to her son Francis, is a suffragette and campaigner for workers' rights. She's campaigning for London's poverty-stricken inhabitants and she doesn't like how politicians like to render them "deserving" or "deserving". Cora says that had Martha been a man, she would have been in the Parliament. She's very persuasive and actually gets some wealthy men on her bandwagon and also inspires young Joanna Ransome.