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Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist [1] who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland.
Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928) – a main founder and the leader of the British Suffragette Movement Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960) – campaigner and anti-fascism activist Frances Mary "Fanny" Parker OBE (1875–1924) – New Zealand-born suffragette prominent in the militant wing of the Scottish women's suffrage movement and repeatedly ...
Emmeline Pankhurst stands (left) by the table on the platform. Portrait badge of Emmeline Pankhurst, c. 1909, sold by the WSPU to raise funds. Immediately following the WSPU/WFL split, in autumn 1907, Frederick and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence founded the WSPU's own newspaper, Votes for Women. The Pethick-Lawrences, who were part of the leadership ...
Wylie was a close friend and ally of Emmeline Pankhurst within the suffrage movement. [2] There were many times that Wylie supported Pankhurst, including on 22 May 1914 when she was acted as a bodyguard to protect Pankhurst from being arrested at St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow. This ended with Wylie being injured and arrested. [2]
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The organisation is considered to be a non-militant suffrage association, and although it welcomed male members, it was organised and led by women. [1] Their methods of influence included drawing-room meetings, addressed by prominent male and female suffragists, as well as networking with other organisations, such as The Primrose League, West of Scotland Women's Liberal Unionist Association ...
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Emmeline Pankhurst, WSPU's chairperson, was unable to attend most of the week's activities as she was in prison. [15] However, she happened to be released just in time to attend a large meeting at the Royal Albert Hall marking the close of the week on 19 March. Her imprisonment was well known; thus her attendance was not expected.