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Richard Pankhurst died of a perforated ulcer on 5th July, 1898. "Faithful and True My Loving Comrade", a quote from Walt Whitman, were the words she choose for his gravestone. Without her husband's income, Emmeline Pankhurst had to sell their home and move to a cheaper residence at 62 Nelson Street, Manchester.
Emmeline Pankhurst feared marriage and its limitations. Based on British law, married women lost all their property, money, and other rights to their husbands. In spite of her reservations, at the age of twenty-one, Pankhurst decided to marry Richard Pankhurst (1835-1898), who was an English barrister, socialist and strong supporter of women*s ...
Emmeline Pankhurst (July 14, 1858 – June 14, 1928) was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement and one of Britain's most influential women. More than any other, the name, "Mrs. Pankhurst" is associated with the struggle for the enfranchisement of British women in the period immediately preceding World War I .
Mar 9, 2017 · Freedom or Death - Nov. 13, 1913. Emmeline Pankhurst. November 13, 1913— Hartford, Connecticut. Print friendly. Speeches. Mrs Hepburn, ladies and gentlemen: Many people come to Hartford to address meetings as advocates of some reform. Tonight it is not to advocate a reform that I address a meeting in Hartford. I do not come here as an ...
This is Emmeline Pankhurst. Emmeline was born in Manchester in 1858. She fought hard for equal voting rights for women. She made powerful speeches asking women to join her protests. She made ...
Emmeline Pankhurst’s work with the Women’s Social and Political Union ultimately facilitated the success of the Representation of the People Act in 1928, which granted British women the same voting rights as men. (She died just before its passage.) Her time spent lecturing abroad also helped encourage women’s suffrage movements in North ...
Sep 2, 2003 · June Purvis. Routledge, Sep 2, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 480 pages. Emmeline Pankhurst was perhaps the most influential woman of the twentieth century. Today her name is synonymous with the 'votes for women' campaign and she is remembered as the most brave and inspirational suffrage leader in history.
