Christabel Pankhurst
Christabel Harriette Pankhurst [ ˈpæŋkhɜːst ] (born September 22, 1880 in Manchester , † February 13, 1958 in Los Angeles , USA ) was a British suffragette . She campaigned, sometimes with radical means, for women's rights .
Life
The daughter of lawyer Richard Pankhurst and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst , she had four siblings, including Sylvia Pankhurst (also an activist). Her mother was a leader in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and Christabel soon became a helping hand.
After a first arrest in 1905, triggered by a verbal attack, Pankhurst became increasingly radical in the fight for women's rights. Pankhurst campaigned emphatically for statutory women's suffrage , for example in the run-up to the elections in 1909. Among contemporaries, it was considered controversial and was often subject to ridicule. To avoid further arrests, she lived in Paris between 1912 and 1913 .
literature
- Christabel Pankhurst: Pressing Problems of the Closing Age. Morgan & Scott Ltd., 1924
- Christabel Pankhurst: The World's Unrest: Visions of the Dawn. Morgan & Scott Ltd., 1926
- Melanie Phillips: The Ascent of Woman - A History of the Suffragette Movement and the ideas behind it. Time Warner Book Group, London 2003, ISBN 0-349-11660-1
Web links
- The Pankhurst Family (Engl.)
- Archive recording with Christabel Pankhurst in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library (speech)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pankhurst, Christabel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pankhurst, Christabel Harriette (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British suffragette |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 22, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Manchester |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1958 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |