The Pankhursts: Politics, protest and passion. Here we take a closer look at these two generations of Pankhurst women.
Emmeline Pankhurst in Emmeline Pankhurst addresses a crowd in New York City in Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested after protesting near Buckingham Palace in London on 22 May 22 Emmeline Pankhurst Emmeline was born in in Manchester, which, in the nineteenth century, was a hot-bed of radical and liberal thinking, to a politically active family, The Gouldens.
Christabel Pankhurst. Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst. A WSPU meeting in Christabel Pankhurst Christabel was the oldest child of Emmeline and Richard and from an early age was absorbed in politics.
Sylvia Pankhurst in Sylvia Pankhurst protesting the English policy in India. Adela Pankhurst. Adela Pankhurst The youngest of the Pankhurst daughters, Adela also threw herself into the suffragette cause. You might also be interested in: East End suffragettes in the First World War Non-militant suffragettes and their peaceful march for votes Researching the suffragette movement.
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Place of Birth:. Date of Birth:. Place of Death:. Date of Death:. Place of Burial:. Emmeline Goulden was born in Manchester, England, on either July 14 or 15, Goulden, the eldest daughter of 10 children, grew up in a politically active family.
However, Goulden chafed at the fact that her parents prioritized their sons' education and advancement over hers. After studying in Paris, Goulden returned to Manchester, where she met Dr. Richard Pankhurst in Though he was 24 years older than Goulden, the two married in December , and Goulden became Emmeline Pankhurst. Over the next decade, Pankhurst gave birth to five children: daughters Christabel, Sylvia and Adela, and sons Frank who died in childhood and Harry.
Despite her children and other household responsibilities, Pankhurst remained involved in politics, campaigning for her husband during his unsuccessful runs for Parliament and hosting political gatherings at their home. In , Pankhurst became an early supporter of the Women's Franchise League, which wanted to enfranchise all women, married and unmarried alike at the time, some groups only sought the vote for single women and widows. Her husband encouraged Pankhurst in these endeavors until his death in After a confrontation with the police, both women were arrested.
The attention and interest that followed this arrest encouraged Pankhurst to have the WSPU follow a more combative path than other suffrage groups. By , militant actions by WSPU members included window-breaking, vandalizing public art and arson. In , Emmeline founded the Women's Franchise League, which fought to allow married women to vote in local elections. In October , she helped found the more militant Women's Social and Political Union WSPU - an organisation that gained much notoriety for its activities and whose members were the first to be christened 'suffragettes'.
Emmeline's daughters Christabel and Sylvia were both active in the cause. British politicians, press and public were astonished by the demonstrations, window smashing, arson and hunger strikes of the suffragettes. In , WSPU member Emily Davison was killed when she threw herself under the king's horse at the Derby as a protest at the government's continued failure to grant women the right to vote.
Like many suffragettes, Emmeline was arrested on numerous occasions over the next few years and went on hunger strike herself, resulting in violent force-feeding.
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