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Christabel Pankhurst

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Also known as Dame Christabel Pankhurst, Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, Cristabel Pankhurst, Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, Dame Christabel (Harriette) Pankhurst

suffragette, co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880-1958)

Key facts

Born
Christabel Harriette Pankhurst , ( 1880-09-22 ) 22 September 1880, Old Trafford , Manchester , England
Died
13 February 1958 (1958-02-13) (aged 77), Santa Monica , California , U.S.
Resting place
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Monuments
Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial
Education
Manchester High School for Girls
Alma mater
University of Manchester
Occupations
Political activist and suffragette
Employer
The Suffragette
Political party
Labour Party
Movement
Women's Social and Political Union
Parent s
Richard Pankhurst , Emmeline Goulden
Relatives
Sophia Craine (maternal grandmother), Sylvia Pankhurst (sister), Adela Pankhurst (sister), Richard Pankhurst (nephew), Helen Pankhurst (great-niece), Alula Pankhurst (great-nephew)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Trafford
Place of death
Santa Monica
Occupation
feminist
Languages spoken
English language
Academic degree
Bachelor of Laws
Field of work
feminism
Image
Christabel Pankhurst.jpg
Residence
Manchester
Significant event
imprisonment
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Commons category
Christabel Pankhurst
date of death
1958-01-01
date of birth
1880-01-01
Commons gallery
Christabel Pankhurst
significant person
Jessie Kenney
place of detention
HM Prison Holloway
oral history at
British Library
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Encyclopedic overview

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst DBE (/ˈpæŋkhərst/; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette and Royalist born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and founder of The Suffragette newspaper, she directed militant actions from exile in France from 1912 to 1913. In 1914, she supported the war against Germany. After the war, she moved to the United States, where she worked as an evangelist for the Second Adventist movement.

Early life

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