Meryl Streep returns to fight for women's right to vote as this famous activist in Suffragette.

"Deeds not words" was the tagline of Emmeline Pankhurst's WSPU group of suffragettes. Played by Meryl Streep, the legend drops into the movie for only a short speech, but it's a powerful one. Advocating for militancy in the movement, Pankhurst famously said, "Militancy has brought woman suffrage where we want it, that is, to the forefront of practical politics."

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