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Emmeline Pankhurst (/ ˈ p æ ŋ k h ɜːr s t /; [1] née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist [2] who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland.
[121] [122] Christabel Pankhurst also increasingly used the word "terrorism" to describe the WSPU's actions during the campaign, and stated that the WSPU's greater "rebellion" was a form of terrorism. [94] Emmeline Pankhurst stated that the suffragettes committed violent acts because they wanted to "terrorise the British public". [22]
The replacement WSPU newspaper, The Suffragette cost 1d, [7] and was initially edited by Christabel Pankhurst, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. [8] The first issue was published on 17 October 1912, [ 8 ] and The Suffragette ' s business manager Agnes Lake often liaised with Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst about improving the publications ...
The Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial is a memorial in London to Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel, two of the foremost British suffragettes. It stands at the entrance to Victoria Tower Gardens , south of Victoria Tower at the southwest corner of the Palace of Westminster . [ 1 ]
Rise up, Women, also known as Our Emmeline, [1] is a bronze sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter's Square, Manchester. Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Hazel Reeves sculpted the figure [2] and designed the Meeting Circle [3] that surrounds it.
While in jail, she meets Emily Davison, a confidante of Emmeline Pankhurst. Maud faces stigma from neighbours and workmates. She tells her husband Sonny that she will stay away from the suffragettes, but attends a secret rally to hear Pankhurst speak. She has a brief exchange with Pankhurst. Again detained, she is taken home by police.
JC Olivera/Getty Images Emily Blunt is just one of her family’s many talented members. Before becoming one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Emily grew up in South West London as the second eldest ...
The Pankhurst Centre, 60–62 Nelson Street, Manchester, England, is a pair of Victorian villas, of which No. 62 was the home of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters Sylvia, Christabel and Adela [2] and the birthplace of the suffragette movement in 1903.