freedom

emmeline pankhurst the woman who wanted

women to be able to vote

i campaigned all my life for equal

rights for women

i started a political group which fought

for the vote for women in britain

after many years of protests we finally

won the right for british women to vote

when i was born in 1858

women in britain didn't have the same

rights as men

most women couldn't go to school or

university

they were only allowed to work in

certain jobs

and they didn't have the right to vote

i grew up in manchester in the north of

england

and i saw many problems every day

mothers had to bring up children in

small

dirty houses disease was

everywhere because of the terrible

conditions

and most women only lived until they

were around 50 years old

i knew from a young age that i

wanted to improve women's lives

my parents believed in human rights

they believed that education was a right

for

women as well as men

in 1873 my parents sent me to school in

paris

they wanted me to get a wider view of

the world

in paris i was disappointed

to discover that women were still not

equal with men

after the french revolution action was

needed

and i returned to england to begin the

fight

in britain the political situation was

quite

unusual our ruler was a woman

queen victoria she was a powerful leader

but she wasn't interested in women's

rights

our politicians were all men and they

definitely weren't interested in

political equality for women

in 1879 i was surprised to discover a

man

who was campaigning for women's rights

his name was richard pankhurst and he

was a lawyer

we shared many of the same beliefs and

ideas

we got married and started a family

[Music]

for almost 20 years richard and i

fought for political rights for women

and sadly my dear husband died

my daughters and i were very sad but we

decided to continue

our campaign the two oldest daughters

christabel and sylvia became activists

in 1903 we started the women's

social and political union

wspu it was a group that

fought for the right for women to vote

christobel became one of our bravest

leaders

sylvia was an artist and she designed

our posters and signs

[Music]

the wsbu organized many public meetings

and protests

sometimes the police arrested our

members

christabel was one of the first to go to

prison

when our members were in prison we

protested

and when our members came out of prison

we

celebrated in the streets

it was very important to get public

attention

[Applause]

unfortunately the government didn't

agree with our campaign

we had to take more powerful action

some of our members began to break the

law

they lit fires in buildings and broke

windows

our campaign was a war for these women

for me it was always a fight

for equal rights

every time i was arrested i told the

judge

we don't want to break laws we want to

make

new laws but the lawyers and politicians

didn't want to listen

[Music]

in 1910 prime minister asquith

the government leader stopped a new law

that gave women the vote

we were shocked and angry on friday

the 18th of november i led a group of

women to meet the prime minister

but he refused to see us we started to

protest in the street

and a hundred women were arrested

it was a terrible day we called it

black friday

in 1914 the first world war began

and we agreed to stop our campaign

women were now needed as nurses in

hospitals

and to work in factories and on farms

in 1917 we started a new group

with a new name the women's party

in 1918 the first world war

ended the government realized

that women were an important part of the

victory in the war

at last women were given the right to

vote

but only women over 30 years old who

owned a home could vote

any man over 21 could vote

we still didn't have full equality

[Music]

after the war i went to live in the usa

calendar

and also bermuda

in 1926 i returned to

england i wanted to become a politician

but my health wasn't good enough

in 1928 only three weeks before i died

a new law gave women the same right

to vote as men

it took much longer than we hoped

but in the end our campaign was

successful

and at last we won political equality

for women

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自由

emmeline pankhurst 希望

女性能够投票的女人

我一生都在

为女性的平等权利

而奋斗 经过多年的抗议，我成立了一个政治团体，

为英国的女性投票而战

我们终于

赢得了英国女性的权利

在我 1858 年出生时投票

在英国，女性没有

与男性相同的权利

大多数女性不能上学或上

大学，

她们只能从事

某些工作，

而且她们没有投票权

在英格兰北部的曼彻斯特长大

，我每天都看到许多问题，

母亲不得不在肮脏的小房子里抚养孩子，

由于恶劣的

条件

，疾病无处不在，大多数女性只能活

到 50

岁左右。 年轻时我

想改善女性的生活

我的父母相信人权

他们认为教育是

女性和男性

的权利 1873 年我的父母送我去他们想要的

巴黎

上学 让我在巴黎有更广阔的视野

我很失望

地发现在需要法国大革命行动之后女性仍然

与男性不平等

，我回到英国开始

在英国的战斗政治局势

很不

寻常 统治者是一位女性

维多利亚女王，她是一位强大的领导者，

但她对女性权利不感兴趣

我们的政治家都是男性，他们

绝对对 1879 年

女性的政治平等不感兴趣

我惊讶地发现一个

正在竞选的男人 女权

他的名字叫理查德·潘克赫斯特，他

是一名律师，

我们有许多相同的信念和

想法，

我们结婚并组建了家庭

[音乐]

将近 20 年，理查德和我

为妇女争取政治权利

，可悲的是，我亲爱的丈夫去世了

我和我的女儿们都很伤心，但我们

决定继续

我们的竞选活动 两个大女儿

christabel 和 sylvia

于 1903 年成为活动家 我们开始了

妇女运动 社会和政治联盟

wspu 这是一个

为妇女投票权而战的团体

christobel 成为我们最勇敢的领导人之一

sylvia 是一位艺术家，她设计

了我们的海报和标志

[音乐

] wsbu 组织了许多公开会议

和抗议活动

有时是警察 逮捕我们的

成员

christabel 是最早

入狱的人之一

当我们的成员在监狱中时我们

抗议

，当我们的成员出狱时

我们

在街上庆祝

引起公众关注非常重要

[掌声]

不幸的是政府没有 不

同意我们的竞选活动

我们必须采取更有力的行动

我们的一些成员开始违法

他们在建筑物中纵火并打破

窗户

我们的竞选活动对这些女性

来说是一场战争 对我来说 每次我都

为平等权利而战

被捕了 我告诉

法官

我们不想违反法律 我们想

制定

新的法律 但律师和政客

们不想

在 1910 年的黄金时段听 [音乐] 尼斯特·阿斯奎斯（nister asquith）

政府领导人停止了

一项赋予妇女投票权的新法律

11 月 18 日星期五，我们感到震惊和愤怒 我带领一群

妇女会见总理，

但他拒绝见我们 我们开始

在街上抗议

一百名妇女被捕

这是一个可怕的一天 我们称之为

1914 年的黑色星期五 第一次世界大战开始了

，我们同意停止我们的竞选

活动 现在需要妇女在医院担任护士，

在工厂和农场

工作 1917 年我们开始了 新团体

有了新名字

1918 年妇女党 第一次世界大战

结束 政府

意识到妇女是战争胜利的重要组成部分

最后妇女获得了

选举权，

但只有 30 岁以上的妇女

拥有选举权 家可以投票

21 岁以上的任何人都可以投票

我们仍然没有完全平等

[音乐]

战后我住在美国

日历

和

百慕大 1926 我回到

英国 我想成为一名政治家

但我的健康状况在 1928 年还不够好，就

在我去世前三周，

一项新法律赋予女性

与男性相同的投票权，

这比我们希望的要长得多，

但最终我们的竞选活动

取得了成功

，最后我们赢得了政治平等

对女性来说