Dear Inspector Steed. I thought about your offer, and I have to say no. You see, I am a...
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Maud Watts:
[voice over, letter to Inspector Steed]
Dear Inspector Steed. I thought about your offer, and I have to say no. You see, I am a suffragette after all. You told me no one listens to girls like me. Well I can't have that anymore. All my life, I've been respectful, done what men told me. I know better now. I'm worth no more, no less than you. Mrs. Pankhurst said, "If it's right for men to fight for their freedom, then it's right for women to fight for theirs." If the law says I can't see my son, I will fight to change that law. We're both foot soldiers, in our own way. Both fighting for our cause. I won't betray mine. Will you betray yours? If you thought I would, you were wrong about me. Yours sincerely, Maud Watts
[voice over, letter to Inspector Steed]
Dear Inspector Steed. I thought about your offer, and I have to say no. You see, I am a suffragette after all. You told me no one listens to girls like me. Well I can't have that anymore. All my life, I've been respectful, done what men told me. I know better now. I'm worth no more, no less than you. Mrs. Pankhurst said, "If it's right for men to fight for their freedom, then it's right for women to fight for theirs." If the law says I can't see my son, I will fight to change that law. We're both foot soldiers, in our own way. Both fighting for our cause. I won't betray mine. Will you betray yours? If you thought I would, you were wrong about me. Yours sincerely, Maud Watts
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She's educated without scruples
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which makes her particularly dangerous
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It's worth noting her husband Mr Hugh Ellyn
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Pharmacist
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He's been incarcerated twice for abetting his wife's activities
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Fully paid up member of the Men's League
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Here's an old hand Mrs Violet Miller
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She moves around a lot Been arrested a number of times Incarcerated twice
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Spits out children Husband's a violent drunk
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She agitates Gets her hands dirty
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She'll be using her zeal to recruit
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To justify the unjustifiable
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Movie Summary
Based on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement who were forced underground to evade the State.
Actors
Maud Watts
Inspector Arthur Steed
