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Emmeline Pankhurst
Leading the militant campaign for women’s voting rights in Britain.
Women’s Social and Political Union · My Own Story
- Born
- 15 July 1858
- Birthplace
- Manchester, England
- Died
- 14 June 1928
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst was a suffrage campaigner and founder of the Women’s Social and Political Union.
Early life
Political household
Grew up around discussion of reform and women’s rights.
Family partnership
Married the lawyer and suffrage supporter Richard Pankhurst.
Career
- 1880s–1890s
Reform work
Became involved in women’s political organising.
- 1903
WSPU foundation
Established the organisation associated with the suffragettes.
- 1910s
Militant campaign
Led a movement marked by demonstrations, imprisonment and hunger strikes.
Campaign & writing
Women’s Social and Political Union
Built an organisation demanding votes for women.
My Own Story
Published an account of her political life.
Partial enfranchisement
Lived to see voting rights extended to some British women.
Beyond work
Family divisions
Political disagreements separated her from daughters Sylvia and Adela.
Later politics
Supported Britain’s First World War effort and later joined the Conservatives.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Photo: Adam Cuerden. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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