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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Knowing Emmeline Pankhurst by reputation only, and having watching and thoroughly enjoyed Suffragette which tells the story through the eyes of one those less famous women who worked and fought with Emmeline, I wasn't sure how I would feel about this. Luckily, Mrs Pankhurst lived up to her reputation, holding back nothing to tell the story not just of her but of the men and women she met, was inspired by and held back by. Emmeline is as clear and concise in her writing as she was in her speeches and her passion for women's suffrage and for our rights in general comes through on every page, as well it should given the way the system, Government and men in general treated her and her peers. Written in 1914, before the vote was granted to women in the UK, Emmeline writes with a quiet optimism that things are starting to move in the right direction and with a pride for her part in its progress. This optimism may be correct but I'm sure she'll be frustrated by how slow other changes are in coming, and the backwards steps that are evident across the Women's Rights movement and of how many of us are no longer proud to call ourselves feminists.
Small side note: her pride in her title of Suffragette, and the many others given to her by friends and enemies alike, is particularly important, especially at the moment as so many of us see being a feminist as a bad thing and try to apologise for it or cover it up by describing ourselves as something else. We need to look again at this and take Emmeline's approach, taking pride in the title of feminist, embracing it and loving it. This makes it stronger and shows that women's rights are not debatable, optional or contraversial. Instead it shows them to be an expected part of life, as important as the rights of men, religions, races and creeds.
Therefore, I am a feminist and proud of it.
Small side note: her pride in her title of Suffragette, and the many others given to her by friends and enemies alike, is particularly important, especially at the moment as so many of us see being a feminist as a bad thing and try to apologise for it or cover it up by describing ourselves as something else. We need to look again at this and take Emmeline's approach, taking pride in the title of feminist, embracing it and loving it. This makes it stronger and shows that women's rights are not debatable, optional or contraversial. Instead it shows them to be an expected part of life, as important as the rights of men, religions, races and creeds.
Therefore, I am a feminist and proud of it.
I wrote a research paper on Emmeline Pankhurst and whether she was a Feminist Heroine or Hysterical Broad.. this book is where I got a lot of my information and I found it very helpful.
this is not just a story of one woman its the start of a long hard fought for war for woman to be equal in pay, work and voting and I find her strong and really inspiring, also her courage to go up against a force that is the Government and not be threatened by their horrific brutal reply to their cause. this is not a memoire it is a testimony to all women who struggle for their rights today still.
Really exciting and informative. Not out-of-date, in fact, the book is still extremely relevant today.
Read my full review here: https://inkdropsreviews.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/review-my-own-story-emmeline-pankhurst/
Read my full review here: https://inkdropsreviews.wordpress.com/2014/12/05/review-my-own-story-emmeline-pankhurst/
I'm a bit conflicted about this book.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Emmeline Pankhurst comes across as this single-minded and ruthless leader the suffragettes needed; and who I can't help but think has not been as celebrated to her having these traits as a woman. I've got nothing but admiration for the women who suffered through so much - having been force fed and brutalised, and more, having been told by almost everyone they were wrong, and still persevering. It's a great document of the suffragettes' struggle, and I love it, don't get me wrong.
But it's not her memoir, is it. It skims over some of the unsavoury parts in order to show the movement as unified (and at this point, rightly, since it was written close to the times and doing otherwise could harm them). But I would like to know more about the issues within the movement. I would like to know about the specific fighters. I would like to know about the intricacies of the movement rather than have to read all her (lengthy) speeches. And more importantly, I would like to read about non white suffragettes - skimming over them just doesn't give you the whole picture.
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Emmeline Pankhurst comes across as this single-minded and ruthless leader the suffragettes needed; and who I can't help but think has not been as celebrated to her having these traits as a woman. I've got nothing but admiration for the women who suffered through so much - having been force fed and brutalised, and more, having been told by almost everyone they were wrong, and still persevering. It's a great document of the suffragettes' struggle, and I love it, don't get me wrong.
But it's not her memoir, is it. It skims over some of the unsavoury parts in order to show the movement as unified (and at this point, rightly, since it was written close to the times and doing otherwise could harm them). But I would like to know more about the issues within the movement. I would like to know about the specific fighters. I would like to know about the intricacies of the movement rather than have to read all her (lengthy) speeches. And more importantly, I would like to read about non white suffragettes - skimming over them just doesn't give you the whole picture.
Seriously one of the greatest feminist works I’ve ever read. The struggles for suffrage in England mirror the struggles against capitalism and intersection struggle today. Also written with simplicity and readability - a great book of history for any reader.
hopeful
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Recomiendo leerlo cuando una ya está a punto de perder las esperanzas. Un libro inspirador, de mujeres valientes, salvajes, inteligentes. Gracias a ellas estamos hoy donde estamos.
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