Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP via Getty Images On a Wednesday morning in early July, dozens of female MPs gathered in parliament’s Westminster Hall. It was a relatively cool day, a relief in the middle of a London heatwave, and the MPs were upbeat as they convened to celebrate the 97th anniversary of women getting the vote in Britain. Seamstresses had sewn 264 sashes, one for each sitting female member of parliament, made of white twill with purple and green ribbons stitched along the sides, the colours a tribute to the suffragettes. Although there is a statue of the...