The biggest issue with historical films like this....

...whether fictional or based on actual events, is the fact that you have a bunch of writers and actors who forget that they are portraying people who had never heard of the concepts we talk about all the time today. Such ideas (such as women being independent and being treated equal to men) had only been barely touched on in the Victorian Era. Some women wanted a life that was different than the narrow role they were stuck with, but others didn't question it. Many women were content with their roles as wives and mothers, and others saw it as normal.

The trouble is, you've got a bunch of feminist writers that forget how people (particularly women) in the past thought and viewed the world and society around them. They act as if everyone in the story has the power of foresight, with the attitude of "We know women in the future will be more independent, allowed to make their own choices, don't have to get married to support themselves, are not seen as "property" of their husbands, and can vote---and we want it right now! We want it all NOW in this time in history, when nobody had even thought of it!" Or worse, they insert their views and beliefs into the story, without ever considering how anachronistic it is. It ruins the story and makes it look like a badly-written political propaganda play some angry liberal high school student wrote to "stick it to the establishment."