Emmeline Pankhurst
British activist who led the suffragette movement for women's voting rights.
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Emmeline Pankhurst was a British political activist who helped women win the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland in 1918.[1] In 1999, Time named her one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century.[2]
Key facts and history
Emmeline Goulden was born on 15 July 1858 on Sloan Street in the Moss Side district of Manchester.[3] The WSPU, which Pankhurst founded in 1903, gained notoriety for its members' window-smashing and assaults on police officers.[4][5] Pankhurst and fellow WSPU activists were repeatedly imprisoned and, while incarcerated, conducted hunger strikes.[5] Votes were granted to women over 30 by the Representation of the People Act 1918.[6]
Her death occurred on 14 June 1928, shortly before the Equal Franchise Act gave the vote to all women aged 21 and over.[7]
What the research sources say
A 2012 article by Lord Lexden notes that Pankhurst held strong left-wing opinions during most of her life.[8] The same source reports that her grave and monument in Brompton Cemetery had fallen into disrepair.[8] The 1861 Census also gives the family's address as Sloane Street.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; Riddell, "Suffragettes, violence and militancy", British Library, 6 February 2018 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Warner, "Emmeline Pankhurst – Time 100 People of the Century", 14 June 1999; Bartley, pp. 4–12; Purvis 2002, pp. 1–8.; Bartley, pp. 240–241; Purvis 2002, pp. 361–363. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Emmeline Pankhurst's Birthplace: Alexandra Park Estate", Mancky (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: E. Pankhurst 1914, p. 38. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Hochschild, Adam (2011). To End All Wars, p. 71. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Representation of the People Act 1918" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Emmeline Pankhurst" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Purvis 2002, p. 248.; "Lord Lexden reminds Conservatives that Mrs Pankhurst joined their Party in the 1920s", Lord Lexden OBE, 8 August 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Lord Lexden reminds Conservatives that Mrs Pankhurst joined their Party in the 1920s", Lord Lexden OBE, 8 August 2012. facts only, no text reused. alistairlexden.org.uk
- "Emmeline Pankhurst's Birthplace: Alexandra Park Estate", Mancky. facts only, no text reused. web.archive.org
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