Sunday, September 15, 2019

Women's suffrage in popular culture

I'm curious about the ways that the women's suffrage movement has been depicted in popular culture, as these images shape popular memory.  Here are two examples.  If you think of others, please add them here!

 The "Sister Suffragette" song from the 1964 Walt Disney classic, Mary Poppins:

And this parody of Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance":

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