I've noticed that almost every day an English minister is nearly killed by suffragettes, but it seems to me that this isn't a very brilliant way to demonstrate that they are capable of voting.

— Irène Joliot-Curie Irène Joliot-Curie, une féministe engagée ? (2012)

J’ai remarqué que chaque jour ou presque un ministre anglais manque de se faire tuer par les suffragettes, mais il me semble que ce n’est pas une manière très brillante de démontrer qu’elles sont capables de voter.

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I've noticed that almost every day an English minister is nearly killed by suffragettes, but it seems to me that this isn't a very brilliant way to demonstrate that they are capable of voting.

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