I don't know how to feel about this book. On the one hand, it seems to have taken a lot of research. It shows a nuanced look into the suffrage movement, class, and employment in the Edwardian era. It's really hard to find media from/about that period from the POV of the working class that allows them agency away from their wealthy patrons.
On the other hand, lovable as Esther and Patience are (and the other characters), they feel very flat at times. The short comic (!0 years later) that takes place in modern times allows them to be more flawed and I think that lack of meaningful flaws stops the main story from being as good as it could have been.
Still recommend it. Beautifully illustrated and it is one of those rare "old-time queers get a happy ending and no one suffers and no one dies".