Suffragette Questions (Part I)

1. What does Mrs. Miller say about respecting the law when Maud reproaches her for the unorthodox methods of the suffragettes?

2. Who are Mr. and Mrs. Ellyn? What is said about both of them?

3. What is Mrs. Pankhurst's motto?

4. What makes Maud decide to go with Violet while she gives her testimony about life at the laundry in front of Lloyd George and the House of Commons?

5. Why can't Mrs. Miller give her testimony?

6. What is Lloyd George's reaction to Maud's testimony?

7. What are suffragettes derogatorily called?

8. What did the Prime Minister decide about the suffrage bill?

9. Why are Maud and some of the other women taken into police custody? What does Mrs. Haughton ask her husband to do?

10. What are the rights of a political prisoner? Are suffragettes granted these rights?

11. How does the community treat Maud's husband as a result of his wife's activities?

12. What do suffragettes get for each incarceration?

13. After Maud returns from jail, what does her husband tell her?

14. What does Mrs. Pankhurst say about the suffrage movement in her speech?

15. After the rally, what does Sonny say/do to Maud?

16. What is the reaction of some female community members regarding Maud's activities?

17. What does Inspector Steed propose to Maud in exchange for letting her go after she burned her employer's hand? What does he say about the motives of the suffragettes?

18. What is the suffragettes' next militant act? What important consideration does Mrs. Ellyn mention?

19. What did Georgie say his dad told him about his mother?

20. When does Maud finally call herself a suffragette?

21. Why does Mrs. Miller drop out?

22. What does Maud's husband, Sonny, do with their son?