Bücher von Emmeline Pankhurst

Dies ist die Geschichte eines behüteten Mädchens, das unbequeme Fragen stellt, die Geschichte einer mutigen, tapferen Frau, die früh verwitwet ihre fünf Kinder allein durchbringt. Es ist die Geschichte von Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), die sich so gründlich über die Verhältnisse in ihrem Land empörte, dass sie zur bekanntesten und radikalsten der »Suffragetten« wurde. Diese Frauen kämpften vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg für ihr Wahlrecht und versetzten damit nicht nur die englischen Männer in Angst und Schrecken. 1903 gründete Pankhurst die radikal-bürgerliche Woman's Social and Political Union (WSPU) und schlug von da an in der bisher so friedlichen wie erfolglosen Frauenbewegung neue Töne an. Frauen organisieren Blockaden, ketten sich an Zäune und Gebäude, und die Obrigkeit reagiert mit Gewalt: Demonstrantinnen werden verprügelt und verhaftet, es kommt zu Hungerstreiks und Zwangsernährung, im Gegenzug werfen die Anhängerinnen Pankhursts Bomben und legen Brände.

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. Notable for its descriptions of the British prison system, My Own Story is an invaluable document of a life dedicated to others, of a historical moment in which an oppressed group rose up to advocate for the simplest of demands: equality.Born in a politically active household, Emmeline Pankhurst was introduced to the women¿s suffrage movement at a young age. In 1903, she founded the Women¿s Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organization dedicated to the suffragette movement. As their speeches, rallies, and petitions failed to make headway, they turned to militant protest, and in 1908 Emmeline was arrested for attempting to enter Parliament to deliver a document to Prime Minister H.H. Asquith. Imprisoned for six weeks, she observed the horrifying conditions of prison life, including solitary confinement. This experience changed her outlook on the struggle for women¿s suffrage, and she increasingly saw imprisonment as a means of radical publicity. Over the next several years, she would be arrested seven times for rioting, destroying property, and assaulting police officers, and while in prison staged hunger strikes in order to gain the attention of the press and political establishment. My Own Story is a record of one woman¿s tireless advocacy for the sake of countless others.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Emmeline Pankhurst¿s My Own Story is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.

Buck is a pampered dog living happily in Santa Clara Valley when his world is abruptly flipped upside down. This beautiful classic is his story of survival, heroism, and rebirth. Buck's treasured days of playing, eating, and sleeping are interrupted when he is kidnapped and forced into the cold, harsh life of a sledge dog. As he fights against the newfound dangers of the wild, Buck's gripping journey will captivate you and keep you on the edge of your seat while the lovable dog attempts to find a place to call home in this terrifying new world.First published in 1903, this short novel was written by Jack London and is a defining text in American literature's traditional appraisal of nature and critique of industrialisation.

Emmeline Pankhurst's autobiography gives the reader an insight into the struggle to get votes for women. The biography does not hold back on details of the appalling treatment that suffragettes endured from the authorities.

Don't miss Meryl Streep as Emmeline Pankhurst in the major motion picture Suffragette. Emmeline Pankhurst grew up all too aware of the prevailing attitude of her day: that men were considered superior to women.