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Now a major motion picture! Emmeline Pankhurst was a leader of the British suffrage movement in a critical era-the early 1900's-and helped women win the right to vote. Although reviled by many for the violent tactics that she eventually adopted, including arson, she was named... Read Full Overview

Emmeline Pankhurst (15 July 1858 - 14 June 1928) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. Time Magazine named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating: "she shaped... Read Full Overview

Emmeline Pankhurst was a British social and political activist who led the fight for women's rights, particularly the right to vote. This is a memoir of her life and work: "Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in... Read Full Overview

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My Own Story (1914) is a memoir by English political activist and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Written at the onset of the First World War,

My Own Story brings attention to Pankhurst's cause while defending her decision to cease activism until the end of the war... Read Full Overview

The great leader of the women's suffrage movement tells the story of her struggles in her own words.

Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case. One of my... Read Full Overview

The closing paragraphs of this book were written in the late summer of 1914, when the armies of every great power in Europe were being mobilised for savage, unsparing, barbarous warfare--against one another, against small and unaggressive nations, against helpless women and children,... Read Full Overview

CHAPTER I Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case... Read Full Overview

Emmeline Pankhurst was a fierce campaigner for the rights of women, enduring hardship, prison, and male entitlement in her fight for equality. Here, Pankhurst tells her story in her own words, describing how the girl of fourteen who attended her first suffragette meeting became... Read Full Overview

My Own Story, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This... Read Full Overview

"My Own Story" is the compelling autobiography of Emmeline Pankhurst, a pivotal figure in the fight for women's rights in the United Kingdom. A leader in the suffragist movement, Pankhurst recounts her personal journey and unwavering dedication to achieving women's suffrage... Read Full Overview

"My Own Story" is the compelling autobiography of Emmeline Pankhurst, a pivotal figure in the fight for women's rights in the United Kingdom. A leader in the suffragist movement, Pankhurst recounts her personal journey and unwavering dedication to achieving women's suffrage... Read Full Overview

"Women are very slow to rouse, but once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible." Emmeline Pankhurst, born in 1858, was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement... Read Full Overview

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. In 1999 Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating "she shaped an idea of women... Read Full Overview

The closing paragraphs of this book were written in the late summer, when the armies of every great power in Europe were being mobilised for savage, unsparing, barbarous warfare-against one another, against small and unaggressive nations, against helpless women and children,... Read Full Overview

The closing paragraphs of this book were written in the late summer, when the armies of every great power in Europe were being mobilised for savage, unsparing, barbarous warfare-against one another, against small and unaggressive nations, against helpless women and children,... Read Full Overview

Those men and women are fortunate who are born at a time when a great struggle for human freedom is in progress. It is an added good fortune to have parents who take a personal part in the great movements of their time. I am glad and thankful that this was my case.One of my earliest... Read Full Overview

My Own Story (1914) is a memoir by English political activist and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Written at the onset of the First World War,

My Own Story brings attention to Pankhurst's cause while defending her decision to cease activism until the end of the war... Read Full Overview