Official Review: Mistress Suffragette by Diana Forbes
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As to the characters in the book, Penelope leads in complexity. She's is naive, idealistic and righteous but she can also be superficial, judging people by their looks. She doesn't like George Setton, her sister Lydia's suitor, not only because he's the solicitor monitoring the decline of her father's business. He's also not the most handsome man. But George Setton, whatever he is, encourages Lydia to read the Chicago Tribune and he makes her laugh. On the other hand, Penelope is attracted to Edgar Daggers because he's handsome and hot even if his sexual proposition to her is immoral. Penelope is mad at Sam Havens for dumping her and frowning on his statement that "Marriage is an alliance." But a deeper look at Sam may want you to judge him differently. He actively encourages Penelope to get a job, see more of the world and learn to stand on her own. Isn't that feminist? This is a very interesting book and I hope many young women get to read it.