Review: "SUFFS" Delivers Powerful Portrayal of Women’s Suffrage

The women’s suffrage movement in the United States spanned 72 years, finally concluding in 1920 when women gained the right to vote. Thousands of women lended their lives to the cause with a hope for the future, that subsequent generations would be inspired by the suffragists. Yet, their names were consistently left out of history books. Until Shaina Taub’s Suffs. Suffs at The National Theatre revives the legacy of luminaries like Alice Paul and Ida B. Wells through a musical journey that cements the suffragists’ rightful place in history.

_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/Review-SUFFS-at-The-National-Theatre-20260617)._