Great Women's Speeches
Speeches by great women to empower and inspire
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
This is an edited and resized version of So Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire. Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. Great Women's Speeches is essential reading for pioneering women everywhere.From Emmeline Pankhurst's 'Freedom or Death' speech and Marie Curie's trailblazing Nobel lecture, to Michelle Obama speaking on parenthood in politics and Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza's stirring ode to black women, the words collected here are empowering, engaging and entirely unapologetic. With powerful illustrations from Camila Pinheiro, Anna Russell's rousing anthology is dedicated to anyone who dares to ask for more. The women: Elizabeth I; Fanny Wright; Maria Stewart; Angelina Grimké; Sojourner Truth; Victoria Woodhull; Sarah Winnemucca; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Mary Church Terrell; Ida B. Wells; CountessMarkievicz; Marie Curie; Emmeline Pankhurst; Nellie McClung; Jutta Bojsen-MÞller; Emma Goldman; Nancy Astor; Margaret Sanger; Virginia Woolf; Huda Sha'arawi; Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti; Eva Perón; Helen Keller; Eleanor Roosevelt; Shirley Chisholm; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Sylvia Rivera; Simone Veil; Indira Gandhi; Margaret Thatcher; Ursula K. Le Guin; Barbara McClintock; Corazon C. Aquino; Naomi Wolf; Severn Cullis-Suzuki; Wilma Mankiller; Toni Morrison; Hillary Clinton; Wangari Maathai; J.K. Rowling; Angela Merkel; Sheryl Sandberg; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; Asmaa Mahfouz; Manal al-Sharif; Julia Gillard; Malala Yousafzai; Emma Watson; Jane Goodall; Michelle Obama; Gloria Steinem; Beatrice Fihn; Alicia Garza; Maya Lin.
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More Women to Inspire
Sappho, Greek Poet, c. 610âc. 570 BC
Hortensia, Roman Heroine, 1st century BC
Boudicca, Queen of the Iceni, fl. AD 60
Hypatia, Mathematician and Astronomer, c. 355â415
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Queen Consort of France and England, c. 1122â1204
St. Joan of Arc, French Heroine, c. 1412â31
Olympe de Gouges, Writer and Social Reformer, 1748â93
Mary Wollstonecraft, Writer and Feminist, 1759â97
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Elizabeth I, On the Spanish Armada, 1588
- Fanny Wright, Of Free Inquiry, Considered as a Means for Obtaining Just Knowledge, 1829
- Maria Stewart, Farewell Address, 1833
- Angelina Grimké, Anti-Slavery Speech, 1838
- Sojourner Truth, Ainât I A Woman?, 1851
- Victoria Woodhull, The Principles of Social Freedom, 1871
- Sarah Winnemucca, Indian Affairs Statement, 1884
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Solitude of Self, 1892
- Mary Church Terrell, What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States, 1906
- Ida B. Wells, This Awful Slaughter, 1909
- Countess Markievicz, Women, Ideals and the Nation, 1909
- Marie Curie, Nobel Lecture: Radium and the New Concepts in Chemistry, 1911
- Emmeline Pankhurst, Freedom or Death, 1913
- Nellie McClung, Should Men Vote?, 1914
- Jutta Bojsen-MĂžller, Victory for Votes, 1915
- Emma Goldman, Address to the Jury, 1917
- Nancy Astor, Maiden Speech in Parliament, 1920
- Margaret Sanger, The Morality of Birth Control, 1921
- Virginia Woolf, Professions for Women, 1931
- Huda Shaâarawi, Speech at the Arab Feminist Conference, 1944
- Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, A Talk About Women, c. 1949
- Eva PerĂłn, Speech to the Descamisados, 1951
- Helen Keller, The Life and Legacy of Louis Braille, 1952
- Eleanor Roosevelt, The United Nations as a Bridge, 1954
- Shirley Chisholm, Equal Rights for Women, 1969
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Argument in Frontiero v. Richardson, 1973
- Sylvia Rivera, Yâall Better Quiet Down, 1973
- Simone Veil, Speech to Parliament on Abortion Law, 1974
- Indira Gandhi, True Liberation of Women, 1980
- Margaret Thatcher, The Ladyâs Not For Turning, 1980
- Ursula K. Le Guin, A Left-Handed Commencement Address, 1983
- Barbara McClintock, Nobel Lecture, 1983
- Corazon C. Aquino, Speech During the Joint Session of the US Congress, 1986
- Naomi Wolf, A Womanâs Place, 1992
- Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Address to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992
- Wilma Mankiller, Northern Arizona University Commencement Speech, 1992
- Toni Morrison, Nobel Lecture, 1993
- Hillary Clinton, Remarks for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995
- Wangari Maathai, Nobel Lecture, 2004
- J.K. Rowling, Harvard University Commencement Speech, 2008
- Angela Merkel, Speech to the US Congress, 2009
- Sheryl Sandberg, Barnard College Commencement Speech, 2011
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Lecture, 2011
- Asmaa Mahfouz, The Vlog that Helped Spark the Egyptian Revolution, 2011
- Manal al-Sharif, The Drive for Freedom, 2012
- Julia Gillard, The Misogyny Speech, 2012
- Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Lecture, 2014
- Emma Watson, HeForShe Launch Campaign, 2014
- Jane Goodall, Caring for the Earth â Reasons for Hope, 2016
- Michelle Obama, Speech at the Democratic National Convention, 2016
- Gloria Steinem, Womenâs March Speech, 2017
- Beatrice Fihn, Nobel Lecture, 2017
- Alicia Garza, An Ode to Black Women, 2017
- Maya Lin, SVA Commencement Address, 2018
- More Women to Inspire
- Read All About It!
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright