The song was sung in many different settings, but most often as a form of protest or solidarity for women's rights in both the United Kingdom and the United States. The song was sung in order to lift the spirits of prisoners in Holloway Prison in 1908.[3][4] Between 1908 and 1911, the Mascottes Ladies Band often performed "The Women's Marsellaise."[5] In 1913, "The Women's Marsellaise" was sung by a protester in Britain during the trial of two suffragettes.[6] In 1911, it was performed at a suffrage rally in Idaho.[7] Suffragists in North Dakota also sang "The Women's Marsellaise" at an event in 1917.[8]