When I hear people, especially women, say they don't intend to cast their vote in an election, I get really cross because just around 100 years ago a group of women suffered terrible and frequently painful indignities so that we could have that vote. The name most closely associated with the fight for women's suffrage in Britain is Emmeline Pankhurst who founded a movement which ultimately is responsible for the political freedoms that women enjoy today. Throughout her life she fought on behalf of the women of this country and all women owe her and her fellow suffragettes a huge debt of gratitude. Emmeline published 'My Own Story' in 1914 just as the ...  Read the complete review