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    Was the mother of Jane and Michael Banks in Mary Poppins a Suffragette of Suffragist?

    Question #63948. Asked by helenasykes.

    dg_dave

    In 1910 England, women still did not have the right to vote. She was trying to get the women's right to vote.

    Mar 26 06, 11:51 AM
    MaggieG 5

    According to Dictionary dotcom the definitions of the two words are as follows:-
    Suffragette - An advocate of women's suffrage, especially in the United Kingdom.

    Suffragist - An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women.

    As the song sung by Glynis Johns, who played Mrs Banks in the film, was called 'Well done, Sister Suffragettes' I assume that she was a Suffragette rather than a Suffragist.

    Mar 26 06, 12:19 PM
    lanfranco

    The two terms could be used interchangeably back when Mrs. Banks was campaigning, but "suffragist" is more general and can be applied to men, whereas "suffragette" seems to have been applied to women who were radical on the subject:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffragettes

    Mar 26 06, 12:25 PM
    helenasykes

    In history i was taught that both fought for the vote for women but suffragist did so by talking to MPs and sending out leaflets etc whereas the suffragettes attacked polititcians and chained themselves to the railings of Buckingham Palace and Downing Street etc, and i just wondered into which category she fell because it is ages since i last saw the film

    Mar 26 06, 1:32 PM

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