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Today I’m talking about three very important women: Anne Frank and Emmeline Pankhurst in English, Frida Kahlo in Spanish. But now let's speak English. Let's start with Anne Frank. I chose Anne Frank as “an example of woman who made history” for her sad story: she was born in Germany, but, her and her family, were “forced” to leave Germany to go and live in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, to escape from Hitler's persecution, because Hitler (the leader of the Nazis) believed that some races were superior to others and, During World War II, forced Jews to wear a yellow star on their clothes for identification, and in some cities they were obliged to live in special areas called “ghettos”. However, about 7 years later, Germany invaded the Netherlands, and she and her family decided to hide in some secret rooms above their business offices. 2 years after the Nazis discovered the Frank family, and they sent them in differents death camps: in 1945, Anne died in the Bergen-Belsen camp. I can understand how she felt to be locked up for a long time, because this year, with the quarantine, I was forced to stay at home for about 3 months and I couldn't see my friends. So think about how a person feels to be locked up for 2 years, hidden from everyone, without today's facilities (television, mobile, ...). While Anne was hiding, she wrote a diary about her frightening experience, but also about her normal feelings as a teenager; in this diary she described how difficult it was to live in those times with the war, but Anne never fell down and always tried to be happy and for this I admire her. Anne's diary was published from his father, who survived the war; and now is one of the most popular books in the world. Have you ever read her diary? No, I never read it, but I'd like to read it in the future. And now let's move to Emmeline Pankhurst. I want to mention Emmeline Pankhurst, a British activist and politician who created “Women's Social and Political Union”, helping women get the right to vote; I chose Emmeline Pankhurst as “an example of woman who made history” because she fought for the woman right to vote and today, thanks to her, British womens can express their opinion without being judged. When did the British government give equal voting rights to men and women? In 1928 the British government gave equal voting rights to men and women. Everybody over the age of 21 could vote.