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Christabel Pankhurst

Christabel Pankhurst

1880–1958

Nationality
United Kingdom
Occupation
suffragist

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst (; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette and Royalist born in Manchester, England.

Incarceration history

  1. HM Prison Holloway
    Dates unknown
  2. HM Prison Holloway
    Dates unknown

Biography

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst (; 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.

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