Today let’s take a look at someone else’s blog. Here’s the link to “The Phonograph” in the United Kingdom. The bloggers use the term “suffragette,” rather than the more neutral term “suffragist,” but I think “suffragette might have been more widely accepted in the UK. What struck me was the picture they used in this blog post. Look familiar? It’s the gathering of suffragists in Portland, with Abigail Scott Duniway front row center in the black dress.
Enjoy the songs. And send me your own suffrage parodies. I’ll post the best ones here.
My name is Ruth. I write books and articles for children and young adults. Blue Thread is my eleventh book, and the first one in which I have knowingly stretched the truth.