Suffragette Quotes
Quick pulse on the fight for women’s voting rights: these 13 snippets capture the fire of early suffragettes, from daring protests to quiet resolve. Voices range from filmmakers to activists, offering a snapshot of a pivotal era. For deeper context, check the Women’s Rights and Feminist History pages.
![“We petitioned to get access to film [Suffragette] at the Houses of Parliament and we whooped with joy when we were allowed in, as this is the first ever commercial film to shoot there.” quote by Sarah Gavron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e80/sarah-gavron-53093_access_we-petitioned-to-get-access-to-film-suff_2954008.jpg)
![“Until I was about eighteen, yes [I didn't want to get married]. But not because I felt like a suffragette, but because I wanted to devote all my energies to the struggle to free India. Marriage, I thought, would have distracted me from the duties I'd imposed on myself.” quote by Indira Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/987/indira-gandhi-1113_distracted_until-i-was-about-eighteen-yes-i-didn-t_1710683.jpg)
![“I had wanted to make this film [Suffragette] for over a decade. There has never been a cinematic rendition of this story. I had not been taught any of the history of the movement at school, and the version I had gleaned had been the Mary Poppins story of women in large hats, petitioning. There was…” quote by Sarah Gavron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/56f/sarah-gavron-53093_cinematic_i-had-wanted-to-make-this-film-suffraget_1650094.jpg)
![“During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative bodies shall consist of women and men in equal numbers, whether elected or nominated or coopted or registered or picked up in the street like a…” quote by George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e2a/george-bernard-shaw-68_amendments_during-the-suffragette-revolt-of-1913-i_1230765.jpg)
![“Especially did his [Seth Jones] intense belief in the efficacy of the “Prayer of Faith” produce a deep impression—partly due to this unquestioned fact: During a distressing drought (I think near Sackett’s Harbor, N.Y.) an assemblage of farmers in open field expressed in his presence utter…” quote by Hope Bradford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8b6/hope-bradford-25460_amanda-jones_especially-did-his-seth-jones-intense-be_1336061.jpg)
