Pankhurst
Americannoun
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Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
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Emmeline (Goulden) 1858–1928, English suffragist leader.
noun
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Dame Christabel. 1880–1958, English suffragette
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her mother, Emmeline. 1858–1928, English suffragette leader, who founded the militant Women's Social and Political Union (1903)
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Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. 1882–1960, English suffragette and pacifist
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This is particularly unsettling in the case of Pankhurst, who is given a personality quite at odds with the documentary record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The friendship between Alice and Pankhurst turns out to be a crucial hinge in the novel’s plot or, more accurately, in its undoing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
“I worked with a movement coach, a lady called Lucie Pankhurst, and she was teaching me the social etiquette of the period, and how women would be expected to hold themselves,” said the actress.
From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026
Pankhurst says it's been a thrill to see her books come to life on stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
While at Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, she heard a speech by Christabel Pankhurst, the British suffragette, and she was invited to participate in suffrage protests, but she didn’t jump into radical politics easily.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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