There IS a timely reminder at the end of Suffragette of how recently women in certain countries were able to vote. Switzerland in 1971, Qatar in 1999 and it is planned that in Saudi Arabia women will vote for the first time in municipal elections this December. It is topical but at the same time it reinforces the suspicion at points in the film that we are subject to a civics lesson, with first-class illustrations.This is not to say there is not much to admire. There is Carey Mulligan, for a start. Her character, Maud, is working class – one of several teams of women lifting and scrubbing and ironing in a convincingly steaming, sweaty East End laundry, rendering the world spotless for the toffs up West. This is not a cut-glass accent, big-hat view of the struggle for suffr