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- NAME: Emmeline Pankhurst
- OCCUPATION: Women's Rights Activist
- BIRTH DATE: July 14, 1858
- DEATH DATE: June 14, 1928
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Manchester, England
- PLACE OF DEATH: London, England
- Maiden Name: Emmeline Goulden
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British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union, which fought for the vote using militant tactics prior to WWI.
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Born 1858, Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst started the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903. The WSPU fought for women's suffrage in England for the next 25 years, sometimes using militant tactics like arson. Pankhurst herself was jailed several times and participated in hunger strikes while in prison. She died a few weeks after British women were granted equal voting rights in 1928.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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