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Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist ... Pankhurst was arrested for the first time in February 1908, ...
Mary Clarke, Emmeline Pankhurst's younger sister, was present at both Black Friday and the demonstration in Downing Street on 22 November. After a month in prison for breaking windows in Downing Street, she was released on 23 December, and died on Christmas Day of a brain haemorrhage at age 48.
WSPU Leader Emmeline Pankhurst was herself arrested in the aftermath for planning the attack on Lloyd George's house, and was later sentenced to three years in prison. [29] [30] Between February and March, railway signal wires were purposely cut on lines across the country, further endangering train journeys. [31] [32]
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 ...
The Battle of Downing Street was a march of suffragettes to Downing Street, London, on 22 November 1910.Organized by Emmeline Pankhurst's Women's Social and Political Union, the march took place four days after Black Friday, a suffragette protest outside the House of Commons that saw the women violently attacked by police.
Edith Rigby is arrested and reveals she planted it "to show how easy it was to get explosives and put them in public places". [49] 7 July 1913: A bomb is planted on the Brock Aqueduct in Manchester, but is discovered by an inspector before it can explode. The destruction of the aqueduct could have had very serious consequences. [50] [51]
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In 1897, the Manchester Women's Suffrage committee had merged with the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) but Emmeline Pankhurst, who was a member of the original Manchester committee, and her eldest daughter Christabel had become impatient with the ILP, and on 10 October 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst held a meeting at her home in ...