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Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the most famous and influential British suffrage leaders. Her embrace of protest and direct action in the early 1900s marked a new phase in the battle for women’s votes.
Emmeline Pankhurst ( née Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote.
What did she do? In 1903 she, along with her daughters Sylvia and Christabel, founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). Emmeline Pankhurst is remembered for her hard work with the...
