you, my lordShe knew firsthand the deprivations her s*x suffered at the hands of men trying to repress them. She’d helped more than one of her fellow suffragettes recover from force-feeding and other unspeakable acts they’d been subjected to after being arrested. Men were frightened of women, so frightened that they felt the need to act out in violence. One could not speak to men of fear, nor expect them to behave rationally. They reacted harshly toward anyone who suggested they learn to accept change. But change would come one day, and men would have to catch up to the times.
Ivy managed to keep her voice calm during her entire speech, but afterward she was so furious, she stood and stalked off in the direction of the gardens. This was not at all how she had pictured her first meeting wi
