Guardian: They were disruptive and controversial to say the least. Spied upon, locked up and lambasted by the establishment of their time. The state considered them to be dangerous terrorists and, as Tony Benn put it, “Newsnight would have treated the suffragettes as trouble-makers.” But those women who battled for gender equality were later vindicated by history. I suppose it’s a testament to their success that the Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband, was on Monday citing them as an example of the …