Amazing Women: A2

The Life of Harriet Tubman

Emmeline Pankhurst (#ulink_5d5bdad7-669c-57c2-8ae7-7f2c67ceb1f4)

1858–1928 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.