Suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffragette, Emmeline Pankhurst
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Suffragette
My Own Story

Author: Emmeline Pankhurst

Narrator: Susan Duerden

Unabridged: 9 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2015


Synopsis

The gripping memoir of the leader of the British suffragette movement who was named by Time as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century

With insight and great wit, Emmeline’s autobiography chronicles the beginnings of her interest in feminism through to her militant and controversial fight for women’s right to vote. While Emmeline received a good education, attending an all-girls school and being expected to conform to social norms, she rebelled against conventional women’s roles. At the age of 14 a meeting of women’s rights activists sparked a lifelong passion in her to fight for women’s freedom and she would later claim that it was on that day she became a suffragist. As one after another of the proposed feminist bills were defeated in parliament, Pankhurst was inspired to turn to extreme actions. While she was the figurehead of the suffragette movement, it advocated some controversial tactics such as arson, violent protest, and hunger strikes. Even today there is still debate about the effectiveness of her extreme strategies, but her work is recognized as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in Britain. Her mantle was taken up by her daughters and granddaughter with her legacy still very much alive today.

About The Author

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) was a political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement. In 1903, she founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She died only weeks before the Conservative government's extended the vote to all women over 21 years of age.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Vanessa

Thank god we have people like Emmeline Pankhurst that existed in the world! What an inspiring and true pioneer of her generation so dedicated to the suffrage cause and paving the way for future generations of women. Incredible story of perseverance, of ardent passion and how a group of committed wom......more

Raw and Incredibly Brave “My Own Story” was for me, a primer on women’s suffrage movement of England. The author, Emmeline Pankhurst delivers a unique detailed account of the prejudices against women. Pankhurst details numerous painful situations like inhuman prison conditions, unjust prison sentence......more

Goodreads review by Lois

"...it seemed to me that I had a duty to perform in giving to the world my own plain statement of the events which have led up to the women's revolution in England. Other histories of the militant movement will undoubtedly be written; in times to come when in all constitutional countries of the worl......more