William Dalrymple
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Appearances Over Time
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In our modern terms, we probably call her the beginnings of an activist, right?
And her next thing is the tax resistance.
In 1909, an organization called the Women's Tax Resistance League has been founded.
And of course, Sophia joins it immediately.
She refuses to pay the tax on her servants.
She refuses to pay the dog license on her famous Pomeranians that she takes to crafts.
She refuses to pay the carriage license.
So she writes to the tax office.
She tears up their demands.
She tells them, I shall pay no taxes until I'm allowed to vote.
No taxation without representation.
Quite right so far.
Don't get in the way of a suffragette.
It's a movie.
In the Brighton pavilion of all places, in this Indian-looking domed construction in Brighton.
And that's now filled with wounded Indian soldiers from the trenches.
And she goes and nurses them.
She does.
And this is a quieter and more gentle and loving side.
But quite a step forward.