Woman's Suffrage

On Thursday, the video was about the woman's suffrage movement. It followed the movement in both the United States and England, through protests, both violent and non-violent, and also showed the immense amount of both work and strife that the women suffered to get the right to vote, and later, to pass the equal rights amendment.
I knew surprisingly little before watching this about just how hard these women worked to gain the right to vote. I was shocked at how much they went through - arrest, jailing, etc. in order simply to picket the White House and hold protests. I also thought it was interesting how few violent methods were used. Other than a brief mention of acid mailboxes and burning of a building in England, it seemed that the majority of methods were simply non-violent protests, marches, pickets, and events where women would speak to spread awareness. I was impressed with the organization and determination. It raised a question with me about the role of gender in non-violence. Stereotypically the male gender is supposed to be the more violent of the two, and it is interesting that considering the majority of women fighting for suffrage that most of the methods used to gain the right to vote were non-violent. My guess is that there is a strong correlation between the two.
All in all, it is amazing that with such a well known movement in history, people still insist that non-violence doesn't work. It is just a much more difficult way to get things done.