Votes for Women: A Play in Three Acts

"Votes for Women: A Play in Three Acts" by Elizabeth Robins is a theatrical piece that brings to life the heated debates about women's right to vote in England during the beginning of the 1900s. The story revolves around characters like Lady John Wynnstay, who represents traditional views, her inquisitive niece Jean Dunbarton, and the passionate suffragette Miss Ernestine Blunt, whose interactions highlight the different perspectives on women's roles in society. The play starts at Wynnstay House, where conversations about women's rights and Jean's engagement to a politician, Geoffrey Stonor, set the scene for exploring these complex issues with underlying tensions regarding gender roles at odds. The characters' relationships are woven into the larger social arguments of the time.