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Emmeline Pankhurst- speech "Freedom or death"

Emmeline Pankhurst-British social activist, one of the founders of the British suffragette movement, the most important English activist for granting women the right to vote before World War I. In 1889, Pankhurst founded the Women's Franchise League - the League for Women's Electoral Rights. Later, in 1903, she co-founded the much better known Women's Social and Political Union.

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her speech took place during World War I in the UK, when women did not have the right to vote.

the circumstances of the speech

Emmeline gave this speech to convince women to fight for their rights, to inspire them, give them the strength and courage not to be afraid to fight the government. She gave them hope for a better tomorrow.

Purpose of the speech

the thesis of the speech is the sentence: Women all over the world must have a vote!

Thesis of the speech

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This speech in those days was very important for the female gender as there was no equality then and women did not have the right to vote.

The meaning of the speech

For me, Emmeline Pankhurst's speech matters, because I am a woman myself, and equality and voting rights are very important. Thanks to people like her, women today can even run for president.

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most important quotes

1. "We are here, not because we are breakers of the law. We are here to strive to become lawmakers."2. "Why does Mrs. Pankhurst come to America? Has she come to America to rouse American women to be militant?" No, I have not come to America to arouse American women to be militant."3. "We women see so clearly the fact that the only way to deal with this thing is to raise the status of women; first the political status, then the industrial and the social status of women."

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