Suffragette: My Own Story

Resumen del libro

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, she rebelled against conventional women's roles.
At the age of fourteen 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 recognised 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.

Biografía del autor

Activista política británica y líder del movimiento sufragista, el cual ayudó a las mujeres a ganar el derecho a votar en Gran Bretaña. Fundó en 1903 la Unión Social y Política de las Mujeres (Women's Social and Political Union o WSPU). En 1999, la revista Time nombró a Pankhurst como una de las 100 personas más importantes del siglo XX. Murió el 14 de junio de 1928, pocas semanas antes de que se aprobara la Representation of the People Act (1928) del gobierno Conservador, la cual extendía el voto a todas las mujeres mayores de 21 años el 2 de julio de 1928.