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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise working-class women in London's East End.
Sylvia was the second daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the Women’s Social & Political Union in 1903. Known as ‘suffragettes’, they were the most militant group to campaign to get women the vote. Sylvia herself was an early force in the campaign for women’s right to vote.
Sep 1, 2017 · Sylvia Pankhurst was an activist for women's rights with her mother Emmeline and sister Christabel. She split with them to work for peace & socialism.
Sylvia Pankhurst was a political activist and campaigner for women’s rights, who is remembered chiefly for her use of militant tactics in the fight for women’s right to vote. She lived at 120 Cheyne Walk in Chelsea from 1906 to 1909.
Sylvia Pankhurst was a painter and designer whose work was of the highest quality. Much of her work as an artist was connected with her human rights campaigns although her early paintings reveal differing artistic or social preoccupations.
Sylvia Pankhurst, an icon of British feminist history, is remembered for her invaluable contributions to the women's suffrage movement, anti-fascism, international language activism, and Ethiopian advocacy.
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English feminist and socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise working-class women in London's East End.
Sylvia Pankhurst was a tireless and committed activist, writer and artist, who campaigned for women's suffrage in Britain and for human rights internationally.
Sylvia Pankhurst was a feminist, a socialist and a humanitarian. Driven by an all-embracing compassion and an acute sense of justice, she abandoned a successful artistic career to campaign for the rights of working women in London’s East End, and then more widely on behalf of the oppressed and disadvantaged wherever she found them.
Jun 18, 2016 · Sylvia Pankhurst is well known for her links with the suffragette movement but she had strong ties with Ethiopia as well, as James Jeffrey reports.
