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Pankhurst

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Pank·hurst  (pngkhûrst), Emmeline Goulden 1858-1928.
British suffrage leader who advocated militancy and violence in order to gain public recognition. With her daughters Christabel Pankhurst (1880-1958) and Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) she founded (1903) the Women's Social and Political Union, a women-only, nonpartisan group whose motto was "Deeds, not Words."
Pankhurst [ˈpæŋkhɜːst]
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1. (Biographies / Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame (1880-1958) F, English, POLITICS: suffragette) Dame Christabel. 1880-1958, English suffragette
2. (Biographies / Pankhurst, Emmeline (1858-1928) F, English, POLITICS: suffragette leader) her mother, Emmeline. 1858-1928, English suffragette leader, who founded the militant Women's Social and Political Union (1903)
3. (Biographies / Pankhurst, Sylvia (1882-1960) F, English, POLITICS: suffragette, POLITICS: pacifist) Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. 1882-1960, English suffragette and pacifist
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You've probably heard of the Pankhurst family and about women chaining themselves to railings.
OUR WAR FOR WOMEN; AS EDINBURGH CELEBRATES WOMEN'S RIGH HTS, WE TURN ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Byline: PETER PANKHURST IN response to the letter you printed on March 7 from Stella Bradbury, Highburton, I agree in part with what you are saying.
Letter: Mailbag - Time to save shop by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Before I started out on my family history adventure I had no idea that I was descended from a long line of shoemakers; that I had distant cousins who were related to such well-known historical figures as suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst or the famous New Zealand premier, Richard John Seddon.
Famous faces; working lives by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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