What is the significance of this passage as seen through a historical lens?

By looking at passages through an historical lens, infer ’s that we have the ability to use current contemporary knowledge to investigate and query past ideas and dogma based on the interpretation of the text. It gives us the ability to question old ideals and to provide new light and new interpretation.

Asuffragette was a member of militant women's organisations in the early 20th century who, under the banner "votes for women", fought for the right to vote in public elections, known as women's suffrage.