[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.