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Christabel Pankhurst
Sign in to saveAlso 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
- Father
- Richard Pankhurst
- Mother
- Emmeline Pankhurst
- Sibling
- Adela Pankhurst
- Occupation
- feminist
- Educated at
- Victoria University of Manchester
- 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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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
- Commons category
- Christabel Pankhurst
- date of death
- 1958-01-01
- date of birth
- 1880-01-01
- Commons gallery
- Christabel Pankhurst
- member of
- Women's Social and Political Union
- significant person
- Jessie Kenney
- candidacy in election
- 1918 United Kingdom general election
- place of detention
- HM Prison Holloway
- oral history at
- British Library
- P12749
- 1932 Giro d'Italia
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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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