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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 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 1906 WSPU march on 19 February 1906 was the first march held in London to demand the right to vote for women in the United Kingdom.Organized by Sylvia Pankhurst and Annie Kenney of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), the event saw around 300–400 women march through central London to the House of Commons.
Adela Pankhurst (standing) and Kenney, pictured in 1909 beside a tree planted by Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline Pankhurst wrote in her autobiography that "this was the beginning of a campaign the like of which was never known in England, or for that matter in any other country... we interrupted a great many meetings... and we were violently ...
[120] [121] 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. [93] Emmeline Pankhurst stated that the suffragettes committed violent acts because they wanted to "terrorise the British public". [21]
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The Autobiography Of Goethe: Truth And Poetry, From My Own Life: 1848 ... Emmeline Pankhurst: My Own Story: 1914 Mary Harris Jones: Autobiography of Mother Jones: 1925
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