claire gould has the story.e actresses, because they were neutral with regard to tactics, because they worked with everybody, and because it helps open out the idea of how the suffrage movement communicated with not only people who were already on—side, but with people that they wanted to gather support from. quite a clever strategy, really. they were very experimental, but they weren't naive. they knew what they were doing. but as opposed to appropriating, say, doing an all—female king lear or an all—female hamlet, they instead wrote plays that drew directly on the experiences of women in the movement and the concerns of suffragists and suffragettes. 0ne lead member, winifred mayo, was jailed for smashing windows at the guards club in pall mall. a number of servants came out and i addressed them. telling them what the point of the attack was. "well," said the porter, "why the guards? " "they don't know nothing about women's suffrage. i said, "that's exactly my point. "now they will. " she also helped set up the