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Sophia Jane Goulden (née Craine; 1833 – 1910) was a Manx woman known for being the mother of suffragettes Emmeline Pankhurst and Mary Jane Clarke and she is credited with having an important forming influence on both her daughters’ political beliefs.
Sep 14, 2018 · Sophia Goulden, née Craine, was the mother of Emmeline Pankhurst, who led the suffragette movement in Britain. Mrs Goulden was born on the Isle of Man in 1833, and married there...
Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the right to vote in Great Britain and Ireland.
The third generation of female social activists in her family, she was born in 1858 in Manchester, England, the daughter of Robert Goulden and Sophia Jane Goulden . Her grandmother, Mary Goulden , had been a member of the Anti-Corn Law League while both her parents were actively involved in a variety of radical political causes in Manchester.
Sophia Jane Goulden, *ée Craine, was born in Lonan in 1833. In 1853 she married Robert Goulden at Kirk Braddan and the couple moved to Manchester, where their 11 children were born, among them Emmeline Pankhurst, who went on to become leader of the British suffragette movement.
Pankhurst [née Goulden], Emmeline ( 1858–1928 ), suffragette leader, was born on 15 July 1858 in Sloan Street, Moss Side, Hulme, Lancashire, to Robert Goulden (b. 1830), a cashier (later the owner of a calico printing and bleach works), and his Manx-born wife, Sophia Jane Craine (b. 1833).
Jan 29, 2023 · 29 January 2023. Sean Hedges-Quinn. The group is fundraising for a statue of Sophia Goulden. A charity dedicated to raising awareness about a Manx activist has received a £4,000 cash boost....
