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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)

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Christabel Pankhurst was a British suffragist, women's rights activist, architect, and editor. Born in Trafford, she was the daughter of Richard and Emmeline Pankhurst and the sister of Sylvia and Adela Pankhurst. She received her education at the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester. Pankhurst was a member of the Women's Social and Political Union and later affiliated with the Independent Labour Party and the Conservative Party. Her field of work included women's rights, suffrage, and feminism.

She authored several works, including *Lord Cometh - the World Crisis Explained*, *The World's Unrest*, and *Pressing Problems of the Closing Age*. Pankhurst experienced imprisonment during her activism. She died in Santa Monica in 1958 and is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery. Her archives are held at the Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history.

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Person · Open Library

Works
8

Top works

  • Lord Cometh - the World Crisis Explained
  • The World's Unrest
  • The Lord Cometh (The World Crisis Explained)
  • Pressing Problems of the Closing Age
  • LECTURE SUPPLEMENT CHEMISTRY 14C

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Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1880
Active to
1958

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Listeners
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Total plays
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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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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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