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.
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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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It follows a report in The Sun saying that proposed new names included Elizabethtown, after the late Queen, Pankhurst, named after the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurt, and Athelstan, considered the first king of England.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
Pankhurst says it's been a thrill to see her books come to life on stage.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
Her great-grandmother Emmeline Pankhurst founded the British suffragette movement in 1903 and helped women win the right to vote.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
"It's really not good enough. Parliament, of all places, should be the place that represents the whole of us, all of us, all citizens, not just some of them," said Prof Pankhurst.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 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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