[originaltext]M: I’m going to talk to you now about the suffragette movement. W

M: I’m going to talk to you now about the suffragette movement. Were you yourself ever a suffragette?
W: No, I did not approve of suffragettes.
M: So you think in the long term...
W: In the long term, no harm was done. As long as their demonstrations were peaceful.
M: Do you think it would matter very much if women hadn’t achieved the vote?
W: I don’t think it would have made a great deal of difference, no, but there are certain things they’ve done—those been Members of Parliament—that have been very useful in helping women in their jobs, in other vocations. I think it’s good that it happened. But I wish it happened a little bit more peacefully, perhaps.
M: What sort of things can you remember, what other sorts of demonstrations do you remember?
W: Marching, they were marching. But of course those were much more peaceful days, nobody interfered with their marches. There were a few boos here and there and a lot of clapping.
M: Did you, actually know any suffragettes yourself?
W: Well, my friends, my Close friends, were not suffragettes but I had one or two friends, not very close friends, that were. And we used to have great arguments and I used to say I didn’t want the vote, I don’t want to vote.
M: How did they react to that?
W: They said I ought to join the movement but I said no, I don’t want to vote.
M: So you don’t mind actually joining men in their world of work and sport but you’re happy to leave politics to men.
W: No. I would rather really leave politics to men.