| Hunger strikers no longer feel obliged to duplicate the gravitas of such famous trailblazers as the suffragettes and Gandhi. |
| The suffragettes claimed their place in social history by fighting for women to get the vote. |
| Her house was a congregation for many of her activist friends, including the famous suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. |
| From the suffragettes to the poll tax the only kind of protest that appears to get noticed is violent protest. |
| The suffragettes donned red lipstick as a feminist statement at a time when only tarts and actresses wore the old war paint. |
| In prison she went on hunger strikes, a tactic favoured by many of the suffragettes, as a hunger strike meant release from jail. |
