This speech can be classified as a political and historical-circumstantial as it is a great speech that explains the historical process in which the author was defending. It is based on a speech of the time so it is considered a primary source.
The text called “Freedom or death” was realised on 13 November1913.It was a speech that Emmeline de Pankhurst spoke to the people of Hartford in Connecticut, near Boston, as a strong statement and a defence of what they did the suffragists.
Emmeline de Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst and she was vastly influenced by her activist parents. With 20 years old she married with a lawyer who also supported the rights of women, they had 5 children. Together they formed the Women’s …show more content…
She was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement that helped women win the right to vote, and was dedicated to women’s general equality in public life.
The speech “freedom or death” is a motivational speech that was given by Emmeline de Pankhurst to the people in Hartford, 1913.
Her Emmeline’s purpose with this speech was to explain what they were doing the suffrage movement in England and also encourage American people to help win this fight “I come to ask you to help to win this fight”. But in any time he was there as the defender of the suffragettes. Since the beginning of the speech she says: “I do not come here as an advocate”, but she explains that in England they have already started to fight for their rights “It has entered into the sphere of practical politics [...] the subject of revolution.”
Emmeline was a woman who believed in the fighting for women’s suffrage, and she was tired of the injustices against women in society. She was a courageous, passionate and relentless person, a very important example of the suffragettes. In her speech she thinks it should explain to listeners the various methods they have adopted to win their rights, and she says “that women are human beings” and therefore they should have the same rights as
The text called “Freedom or death” was realised on 13 November1913.It was a speech that Emmeline de Pankhurst spoke to the people of Hartford in Connecticut, near Boston, as a strong statement and a defence of what they did the suffragists.
Emmeline de Pankhurst was born in Manchester in 1858 Emmeline Pankhurst and she was vastly influenced by her activist parents. With 20 years old she married with a lawyer who also supported the rights of women, they had 5 children. Together they formed the Women’s …show more content…
She was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement that helped women win the right to vote, and was dedicated to women’s general equality in public life.
The speech “freedom or death” is a motivational speech that was given by Emmeline de Pankhurst to the people in Hartford, 1913.
Her Emmeline’s purpose with this speech was to explain what they were doing the suffrage movement in England and also encourage American people to help win this fight “I come to ask you to help to win this fight”. But in any time he was there as the defender of the suffragettes. Since the beginning of the speech she says: “I do not come here as an advocate”, but she explains that in England they have already started to fight for their rights “It has entered into the sphere of practical politics [...] the subject of revolution.”
Emmeline was a woman who believed in the fighting for women’s suffrage, and she was tired of the injustices against women in society. She was a courageous, passionate and relentless person, a very important example of the suffragettes. In her speech she thinks it should explain to listeners the various methods they have adopted to win their rights, and she says “that women are human beings” and therefore they should have the same rights as