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Pr0m3th3u51410 t1_ivsx6tv wrote

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Please google suffragettes and go down a rabbit hole! Then if that’s not enough look up the st. Peter loo massacre.

Then look at other countries. Then cry. Then rejoice!

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HotdogsArePate t1_ivsy7p9 wrote

Check this out. then look up more articles on that point and see what you find.

Believing that these passionate poetic acts of violence and self harm brought about women's suffrage is certainly alluring but it was actually peacefully massive organizations that did the leg work. These acts of public violence were considered harmful to the suffrage movement at the time and modern scholars also agree with that sentiment. People have romanticized it because it's a more exciting thing to believe than the truth.

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