Pankhurst

[ pangk-hurst ]

noun
  1. Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).

  2. Emmeline (Goul·den) [gool-dn], /ˈgul dn/, 1858–1928, English suffragist leader.

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  • If one compares her achievement to that of Mrs. Pankhurst, one sees that the latter is startingly social in its nature.

British Dictionary definitions for Pankhurst

Pankhurst

/ (ˈpæŋkhɜːst) /


noun
  1. Dame Christabel. 1880–1958, English suffragette

  2. her mother, Emmeline. 1858–1928, English suffragette leader, who founded the militant Women's Social and Political Union (1903)

  1. Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. 1882–1960, English suffragette and pacifist

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