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Yesterday's observation of the hundredth anniversary of the first step towards universal suffrage dominated the British news. It was a centennial which would have been celebrated under any circumstances, and rightly so.

But I cannot escape the feeling that this year, the fervour was intensified in consequence of the recent focus on the gender pay gap in the United Kingdom and the increasing disgust as each new case of sexual harassment hits the headlines.

I think the poster published back in the day by the suffragist movement still sends a timely message.