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Christabel Pankhurst
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Standard Name: Pankhurst, Christabel
Birth Name: Christabel Harriette Pankhurst
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's early writing career was devoted to advancing the cause of militant suffragism; the second half of her career marked a shift to religious radicalism formed in part by her experience of the first world war.
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | Sylvia Pankhurst | SP
was born, the middle daughter in a famous family; her four siblings included Christabel
, Adela
, and two brothers who died relatively young. Romero, Patricia W. E. Sylvia Pankhurst: Portrait of a Radical. Yale University Press. 7 Mitchell, David J. The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity. MacMillan. 254 |
| death | Ethel Smyth | She appointed Christopher St John
as her literary executor. At the request of Christabel Pankhurst
, St John downplayed ES
's role in the suffrage movement when she wrote her biography. Mitchell, David J. The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity. MacMillan. 306 St John, Christopher. Ethel Smyth. Longmans, Green. xvii |
| Education | Margaret Forster | She found Girton unexpectedly ugly, vast and chilling and gloomy. Forster, Margaret. Hidden Lives. Viking. 233 Forster, Margaret. Hidden Lives. Viking. 234 |
| Employer | Dora Marsden | By this time Marsden was earning an annual salary of £108. She resigned from the Union after one of its central committees (which included Christabel Pankhurst
, Emmeline Pankhurst
, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
) refused... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sylvia Pankhurst | |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sylvia Pankhurst | SP
's mother was the famous suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst
. She was twenty years younger than her husband, and joined in his enthusiastic political campaigns before becoming involved in politics on her own. Sylvia always... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Sylvia Pankhurst | SP
had a serious falling-out with her mother and her elder sister Christabel
when they supported Britain's military efforts during the First World War. Her views on socialism and feminism, which diverged considerably from her... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Richardson | DR
began a close friendship with Veronica Leslie-Jones
, a militant suffragette and friend of the PankhurstsChristabel PankhurstSylvia Pankhurst
; this introduction was the most significant result for her of participating in the Arachne Club
. Fromm, Gloria G. Dorothy Richardson: A Biography. University of Illinois Press. 43, 50-1 Winning, Joanne. The Pilgrimage of Dorothy Richardson. University of Wisconsin Press. 23 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
's husband, Richard Pankhurst
, died suddenly from perforated stomach ulcers while she and her daughter Christabel
were visiting Geneva. Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint. 40-1 Mitchell, David J. The Fighting Pankhursts: A Study in Tenacity. MacMillan. 26 |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pankhurst | EP
gave birth to five children in all, four of them within five years. The two eldest, Christabel Harriette
(born in September 1880) and Estelle Sylvia
(born in May 1882), became, like their mother, high-profile... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pankhurst | By 1913, EP
had moved to live with composer Ethel Smyth
at her cottage in Woking. The latter hints at a sexual relationship in her book Female Pipings in Eden and suggests that this... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emmeline Pankhurst | She intended to spearhead a campaign to provide a better start in life for the illegitimate children of soldiers and reluctant mothers. (Ethel Smyth
tried to dissuade her, took it philosophically when she was... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Gawthorpe | During her time with the WSPU, MG
worked with Christabel Pankhurst
(who was twenty-four when Gawthorpe first met her, before she had yet met Isabella Ford
), whom, like Ethel Snowden
, she knew from... |
| Friends, Associates | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | October 1906, with the prospect of the re-opening of parliament, was full of suffrage activity for EPL
and her husband. They had Christabel Pankhurst
as a permanent guest at Clements Inn, occupying an office below... |
| Friends, Associates | Constance Lytton | From two days after her stroke until September 1918 she had the joy of a perfect nurse,Nurse Oram
. Lytton, Constance. Letters of Constance Lytton. Editor Elizabeth Edith, Countess of Balfour, Heinemann. 236-7 |
Timeline
1866: The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme...
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1866
The Royal Society of Arts established a scheme (believed to be the first in the world) for setting up commemorative plaques on buildings associated with famous people.
Quinn, Ben. “Plaque blues. Cuts hit heritage scheme”. Guardian Weekly, p. 16.
11 December 1906: Millicent Garrett Fawcett gave a banquet...
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11 December 1906
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
gave a banquet at the Savoy Hotel in London to celebrate the release from Holloway Prison
of suffragists arrested on 23 October.
27 June 1907: The Women's Franchise began weekly publication...
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27 June 1907
The Women's Franchise began weekly publication in London; it featured contributions from major societies within the suffrage movement and from individuals.
October 1907: Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst and Emmeline...
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October 1907
Emmeline
and Christabel Pankhurst
and Emmeline
and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence
, wanting to maintain control over the Women's Social and Political Union
agenda, removed by fiat dissident members of the executive and cancelled the forthcoming annual conference.
November 1907: Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig...
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November 1907
Charlotte Despard
and Teresa Billington Greig
left the Women's Social and Political Union
to form the Women's Freedom League
.
21 June 1908: The Women's Social and Political Union organised...
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21 June 1908
The Women's Social and Political Union
organised a Woman's Sunday which involved (according to the Times estimate) between 250,000 and 500,000 people, mostly women. The WSPU called it Britain's largest-ever political meeting.
27 July 1911: The Women's Franchise, which featured contributions...
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27 July 1911
The Women's Franchise, which featured contributions from major societies within the suffrage movement and from individuals, ceased publication in London.
Earlier 1913: The Report of the Royal Commission on Venereal...
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Earlier 1913
The Report of the Royal Commission on Venereal Diseases
was published.
9 October 1915: Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline Pankhurst,...
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9 October 1915
Christabel Pankhurst
, Emmeline Pankhurst
, Flora Drummond
, and Annie Kenney
edited the first issue of Britannia, a weekly suffragette periodical and organ of the Women's Social and Political Union
formerly known as The Suffragette.
20 December 1918: Britannia, a suffragette magazine which had...
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20 December 1918
Britannia, a suffragette magazine which had opted to support Britain's military efforts during the First World War, ended publication in London.
July 1945: Journalist Barbara Castle was elected a Labour...
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July 1945
Journalist Barbara Castle
was elected a Labour
member of the British Parliament
, where she served for thirty-four years.
15 October 1964: The Labour Party came to precarious power...
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15 October 1964
The Labour Party
came to precarious power in the general election by a majority of four seats; next day Harold Wilson
became Prime Minister.
14 July 2006: The Bow Street Magistrates Court, one of...
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14 July 2006
The Bow Street Magistrates Court
, one of London's most famous courts, closed after dispensing justice for 267 years.
Texts
Pankhurst, Christabel. Some Modern Problems in the Light of Bible Prophecy. Fleming H. Revell, 1924.
Pankhurst, Christabel. “The Great Scourge and How to End It”. Suffrage and the Pankhursts, edited by Jane Marcus, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 187-40.
Pankhurst, Christabel. “The Legal Disabilities of Women”. The Case for Women’s Suffrage, edited by Frederick John Shaw, T. F. Unwin, 1907, pp. 84-98.
Pankhurst, Christabel. “The Militant Methods of the N. W. S. P. U”. Suffrage and the Pankhursts, edited by Jane Marcus, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, pp. 34-50.
Pankhurst, Christabel, editor. The Suffragette.
Pankhurst, Christabel. The World’s Unrest: Visions of the Dawn. Morgan and Scott, 1926.
Pankhurst, Christabel. Unshackled: The Story of How We Won the Vote. Editor Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick William, Hutchinson, 1959.