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 | Author name Sort ascending | Excerpt |
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politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
joined the militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
, which Emmeline Pankhurst
had founded on 10 October 1903 in Manchester, and which was now run by her eldest daughter, Christabel
. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 146-8 |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
and her colleagues from the WSPU
, including the PankhurstChristabel Pankhurst
s and Kenney
, presented their arguments for female enfranchisement to Prime Minister Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 154-5 |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | EPL
and Christabel Pankhurst
went on a speaking tour throughout Scotland, advocating female suffrage and staging demonstrations. Pethick-Lawrence, Emmeline. My Part in a Changing World. Hyperion. 180 |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | At the height of the suffrage movement, EPL
spoke in connection with the largest procession to date, at the Albert Hall. So did Emmeline
and Christabel Pankhurst
, Annie Kenney
, Annie Besant
... |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The Pethick-Lawrences returned from South Africa not only because of the prospect of an election but because two women, Christabel Pankhurst
and Annie Kenney
, had been thrown into jail in October 1905 for shouting... |
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... |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | Christabel Pankhurst
had escaped imprisonment by going into hiding in Paris. The Pethick-Lawrences were released on bail on 28 March, and their trial was set for 15 May. It ran until 22 May. The... |
Textual Production | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | At first the journal appeared monthly for threepence an issue, but within six months it began appearing weekly for a penny an issue. Its circulation reached 30,000 by 1909, and much of its profits came... |
politics | Emmeline Pankhurst | When the Women's Enfranchisement Bill was put forward, parliament defeated it on 12 May 1905. The Labour Party narrowly affirmed a resolution for women's suffrage as part of its platform in 1906, beginning a series... |
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... |
Occupation | Emmeline Pankhurst | In the late summer of 1925, she decided to invest her money in a new venture. She opened The English Teashop of Good Hope for tourists on the French Riviera, with the help of... |
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