'Suffragette'🎬

For some secondary research, I decided to start off with watching a movie - 'Suffragette'. This film tells the story of one group of women, fighting for the right to vote, and the lengths they would go too to get themselves heard. 

Whilst watching, I made some notes, on things said, names, places, events, etc, to help me within my project. To truly understand what these women did, for us to be here today, having an education, the right to vote, freedom. 

There were a few things said in the film that really stood out to me, and in some cases, shocked me:

'Women do not have the calmness of temperament, or balance of the mind to exercise judgement in political affairs' - shocking to think that someone can judge a person's intellect on what genitals they have. Strange to put it this way, but this is what it comes down too if you truly think about it.

'Women would then demand the right to become MP's, cabinet ministers , judges' - ironic as we have a women as head of the country, as well as previous women prime ministers.

'In 1925, mothers finally were given rights over their children' - before this, the father was the sole guardian of the children. This is crazy to think about!?

'If we allow women to vote, it will be a loss of social structure'

'Never surrender, never give up the fight'

'Women earned 13 shillings a week, men earning 19. Women work 1/3 more the hours' - women would work more, in harder, extremely challenging conditions, yet they got paid a considerable amount less.

'All she had, she gave to others' - this quote refers to a women who gave her life for the cause. Emily Wilding Davison. See her photo below. When I heard this, it really hit me. What these women sacrificed for us today. All the women who fought over time. I think it fits perfectly. I wanted to do something with this quote. 

I thought about what resources I had at home, and so it happens I had a lot of leftover cardboard. I painted the quote onto pieces I cut out and ended up with this!

I really love how it turned out. Instantly, when you look at it, it has an impact. You really think about what the words mean. What she had, she gave to others... I feel that is what I want this project to do. Make you think and celebrate what so many women did for us to be here today. I definitely want to play around with this quote even more, as well as my cardboard pieces, as I go on.