Suffragists were careful in how they repeated their message in live events. They drew on themes used in their films and cartoons to create massive public demonstrations like parades, pageants, pickets, and tableaus. Many of the same themes that suffragists developed in print and film reappeared in their public spectacles. Suffragists were particularly adept at using classical Greco-Roman mythology as a foothold for their demonstrations. By drawing on universally recognized symbols, suffragists used a cultural language with which many Americans were already familiar. They used history as a way to grant a new, modern movement a sense of authority. Further, classic imagery helped emphasize the femininity and beauty of suffragists in person who wore all white robes and crowns upon their head.