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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Some of the chosen personalities, such as Malala Yousafzai, Churchill and Audrey Hepburn, tell their stories in their own words; while actors narrate the sections about others, including William Shakespeare and Emmeline Pankhurst.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
Meg Hateley stars alongside her, and also plays several roles including Suffragettes leader Pankhurst.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
Ms Pankhurst said: "If women aren't in that space, their interests are not taken into account in that way."
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
The invitation also uses imagery from the legendary Hacienda nightclub and Factory Records, and a photo of Manchester-born suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2023
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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