Christabel Pankhurst
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, (/ˈpæŋkhərst/; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British woman. She was born in Manchester, England. She was a suffragette, which means she wanted England to give women the right to vote. She was one of the founders of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). In 1914, she supported Britain going to war against Germany in World War I.
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.jpg) Christabel Pankhurst, c. 1910 | |
| Born | Christabel Harriette Pankhurst 22 September 1880 Old Trafford, Manchester, England |
| Died | 13 February 1958 (aged 77) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery |
| Occupation | Political activist |
| Parent(s) | Richard Pankhurst Emmeline Goulden |
| Relatives | Sylvia Pankhurst (sister) Adela Pankhurst (sister) Richard Pankhurst (nephew) Helen Pankhurst (great-niece) Alula Pankhurst (great-nephew) |
Early life
Christabel Pankhurst was the daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst[1] and Richard Pankhurst. She had two sisters: Sylvia and Adela Pankhurst. Her father was a barrister, which is a high-ranking lawyer, and her mother owned a small shop.
Education
Pankhurst learned to read at home on her own before she went to school. She went to Manchester High School for Girls with her two sisters. She got a law degree from the University of Manchester, and received honours on her LL.B. exam. However, Pankhurst could not practise law because she was a woman. British law did not allow women to be lawyers at that time.
Death
Christabel died 13 February 1958, at the age of 77. She was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California.[2]
Recognition after death
There is a profile bust, which is a small statue, of Christabel Pankhurst on the right pylon of the Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial in Victoria Tower Gardens. The sculpture was put there in 1959.[3]
Christabel Pankhurst Media
The Suffragette, the newspaper edited by Christabel Pankhurst, Emily Wilding Davison memorial issue
Charlotte Marsh, Dorothy Radcliffe and Elsa Gye in December 1908 organising a welcome for Christabel Pankhurst after she left prison
Illustration of Pankhurst in the London magazine Vanity Fair, 15 June 1910
A profile bust of Christabel Pankhurst 
English Heritage blue plaque for Christabel & Emmelin Pankhurst
References
- ↑ Christabel Panhurst, Britannica.com, Retrieved 21 September 2016
- ↑ Hillberg, Isabelle. "Pankhurst, Christabel Hariette (1880–1958)". Detroit:Gale. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
- ↑ Ward-Jackson, Philip (2011), Public Sculpture of Historic Westminster: Volume 1, Public Sculpture of Britain, vol. 14, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, pp. 382–5