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* TheWoobie: Maud. As she reluctantly joins the fight for women's rights, like many suffragettes of that time, she is imprisoned and force-fed in a painful, horrifying way, is disowned by her husband, and even has her young son taken away from her.

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* TheWoobie: Maud. As she reluctantly joins the fight for women's rights, like many suffragettes of that time, she is imprisoned and force-fed in a painful, horrifying way, is disowned by her husband, and even has her young son taken away from her.her.
* OneSceneWonder: Emmeline Pankhurst, played by Meryl Streep, who appears for about five minutes despite being the driving force behind the movement and the inspiration for their daily fight. The in-Universe explanation is she is constantly in hiding due to her popularity which could get her arrested any second.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The cast did a photoshoot wearing shirts emblazoned a quote from Emmeline Pankhurst "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave". Although the quote referred to the suffragette cause and the importance of women earning the right to vote through protest and suffering, it attracted significant controversy over the UnfortunateImplications rebellion and slavery have in [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar US history]].

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* OvershadowedByControversy: The cast did a photoshoot wearing shirts emblazoned a quote from Emmeline Pankhurst "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave". Although the quote referred to the suffragette cause and the importance of women earning the right to vote through protest and suffering, it attracted significant controversy over due to the UnfortunateImplications role that rebellion and slavery have in [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar US history]].
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* DesignatedHero: Edith, to some extent. She is very preachy and critical of Violet when she steps down from the cause as a result of her most recent pregnancy, and conveniently ignores the fact that Violet's husband is an abuser, unlike Edith's supportive husband, and Violet is a working-class mother, as opposed to Edith, who is middle-class and childless.
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* OvershadowedByControversy: The cast did a photoshoot wearing shirts emblazoned a quote from Emmeline Pankhurst "I'd rather be a rebel than a slave". Although the quote referred to the suffragette cause and the importance of women earning the right to vote through protest and suffering, it attracted significant controversy over the UnfortunateImplications rebellion and slavery have in [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericanCivilWar US history]].
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* TheWoobie: Maud. As she reluctantly joins the fight for women's rights, like many suffragettes of that time, she is imprisoned and force-fed in a painful, horrifying way, is disowned by her husband, and even has her young son taken away from her.

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