Olivia Mead

Olivia is the main character of the story. The story opens with Olivia celebrating her birthday. She’s stressed because she was at a pro suffragist rally earlier in the day, something that she knows her father will hate. During this part of the book, Olivia is very meek. She has the spark of rebellion in her, but for the most part she keeps all of her thoughts to herself, barely speaking. The more people try and silence Olivia, the more rebellious she gets. After being hypnotized, she begins to lash out against the anti-suffrage movement.

Besides attending the rally, the first real moment of defiance comes when Olivia writes a response letter to something that Percy’s father published in the paper. She stood up for women and countered every ignorant point that Percy’s father tried to make about women. She started to become more...