Last Updated on January 31, 2022 by ellen
There are some things that are part of my life that I don’t give a lot of thought to. I turn on the light switch and there is light. I open the refrigerator and there is food. The local election rolls around and I vote. They’ve become such a large part of my life that I forget sometimes what people had to go through to get where we are today.
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Suffragette
My last job before I started blogging for a living was as our local Town Clerk. For those that aren’t familiar with this job, it’s an elected position that is responsible for running elections in our town (along with many other things). To say that voting is important to me would be an understatement.
August 26, 2015, marks the 95th anniversary of the admission of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the victory the Woman Suffrage Movement had worked so hard for. After 72 years of countless suffrage protests, petitions, speeches, pamphlets, and nights spent in jail, on August 26, 1920, women had won the right to vote and the Suffrage movement had finally accomplished its goal.
Academy Award nominees Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter, and three-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, lead the cast of a powerful drama about the women who were willing to lose everything in their fight for equality in early-20th-century Britain. The stirring story centers on Maud (played by Carey Mulligan), a working wife and mother whose life is forever changed when she is secretly recruited to join the U.K.’s growing Suffragette movement.
Galvanized by the outlaw fugitive Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep), Maud becomes an activist for the cause alongside women from all walks of life. When increasingly aggressive police action forces Maud and her dedicated fellow Suffragettes underground, they engage in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the authorities, who are shocked as the women’s civil disobedience escalates and sparks debate across the nation.
Inspired by true events, “Suffragette” is a moving drama exploring the passion and heartbreak of those who risked all they had for women’s right to vote – their jobs, their homes, their children, and even their lives. The film also stars Ben Whishaw, Anne-Marie Duff, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai, and Natalie Press. “Suffragette” is directed by BAFTA Award winner Sarah Gavron from an original screenplay by Abi Morgan.
Ellen is a mom of a 25-year-old son and 30-year-old daughter. She is Grandma to one adorable toddler. In what little spare time she has, she loves to read, watch movies, and check out the latest toys and games.
I take the time to vote, even on the small elections. I hand deliver my ballot if it won’t make it in time (I vote by mail) since it’s very close to where I live. I need to look more into the history of the women’s vote but know it was a fight to get there.
It really was, Deb, and it’s so important!