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Pankhurst
[ pangk-hurst ]
noun
- Christabel Harriette, 1880–1958, English suffragist leader (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst).
- Emmeline (Goul·den) [gool, -dn], 1858–1928, English suffragist leader.
Pankhurst
/ ˈpæŋkhɜːst /
noun
- PankhurstChristabel, Dame18801958FEnglishPOLITICS: suffragette Dame Christabel. 1880–1958, English suffragette
- PankhurstEmmeline18581928FEnglishPOLITICS: suffragette leader her mother, Emmeline. 1858–1928, English suffragette leader, who founded the militant Women's Social and Political Union (1903)
- PankhurstSylvia18821960FEnglishPOLITICS: suffragettePOLITICS: pacifist Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. 1882–1960, English suffragette and pacifist
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The rallies of the NUWSS were calmer affairs than those of Mrs. Pankhurst.
That Miss Pankhurst and her family should show their faith in the cause by suffering in the way suggested by Mr. Punch.
A few years later, militant suffragists, led by Emmeline Pankhurst, were active in London.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst has by her actions written herself down for a fighter.
For Mrs. Pankhurst has called upon women to be like herself, to display her own Amazonian qualities.
If one compares her achievement to that of Mrs. Pankhurst, one sees that the latter is startingly social in its nature.
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