Question

Examine the following excerpt from Emmeline Pankhurst's speech "Why We

Answer 1

Answer:

Pankhurst believed that women should resort to militancy and violence to achieve equal rights.

Explanation:

In her 1913 speech, Emmeline Pankhurst provided an explanation as to why the women had to resort to militancy to achieve the rights they sought for. She explained that in 1832, the men of England resorted to violent agitations before they were granted their franchise rights through the Reform Act of 1867.

Women over the years had used peaceful means to present their grievances of not being granted equal rights and up to then, they have been deemed unserious. Therefore, Pankhurst asserted that the only way women will be taken seriously was through militant agitations and violence of which she was a very willing participant.