It also helped them live on through history. Say ‘suffragette’ and what do you see? Long skirt, high-collared blouse and a tricolour sash reading ‘Votes For Women’. Little did they know ...

The proper Alabamans carry boxes loaded with contraband: sashes for attendees of the gathering ... On the surface, the sexual politics of “The Suffragette’s Murder” are lightweight.

She later died in hospital. Some historians have suggested she had intended to attach the sash to the horse’s bridle to promote the movement for women’s suffrage to the large crowd.

She later died in hospital. Some historians have suggested she had intended to attach the sash to the horse’s bridle to promote the movement for women’s suffrage to the large crowd.