Emmeline Pankhurst gives speech at Hartford

Ensuring that women had a right to vote took the women's suffrage movement decades of dedicated efforts to achieve.

Emmeline Pankhurst was an English political activist who led the women's movement for suffrage (the right to vote), helping to successfully earn women the right to vote. She is an inspiration for anyone wanting to learn about how to mobilise for successful positive change. Here is a rendition of an electrifying speech she made in Hartford, November 1913. Cover Image: Emmeline Pankhurst speaks to crowd.

Emmeline Pankhurst Hartford Speech - November 1913

Phill Pullinger
Phill Pullinger
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