We've found that many many times in the past, from the suffragettes onwards.

我们发现从女权运动开始，历史上有很多这样的案例。

Neil: Indeed! The suffragettes started small with teashop talks but they began to take more militant – or aggressive – direct action.

没错，妇女参政权论者开始在茶馆举行小型的演讲，但之后他们开始采取了更为激进的直接行动。