{"id":13607,"date":"2015-07-15T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1518"},"modified":"2015-07-15T09:03:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T09:03:00","slug":"emmeline-pankhursts-birthday-15th-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13607","title":{"rendered":"Emmeline Pankhurst’s Birthday – 15th July"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Early years<\/h1>\n

Emmeline Pankhurst was\u00a0born Emmeline Goulden in Moss Side, Manchester on July 15th, 1858. She attended the \u00c9cole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure finishing school in Paris in 1873. Returning to England, she married Dr Richard Pankhurst in 1879. She was 20, he was 44. Dr Pankhurst was a socialist and a supporter of radical causes, including women’s rights. He encouraged Emmeline in her support of the Women’s Franchise League, until his death in 1898.<\/p>\n

Women’s Social and Political Union<\/h2>\n

In 1903, she founded the Women’s Social and Political Union, a women-only group dedicated to obtaining equal votes for women. The group used militant tactics including cutting telephone lines, attacking the home of Chancellor David Lloyd George, sending letter bombs and chaining themselves to railings. Christabel Pankhurst, Emmeline’s daughter, became a leading member of the group and in 1905, became one of the first suffragettes to be imprisoned, after shouting for votes for women and interrupting a Liberal Party. Emmeline herself was imprisoned a number of times. She went on hunger strike in Holloway prison and was force-fed by officers. Another daughter, Sylvia, was a suffragist and communist activist, who designed many of the WSPU’s posters and banners.<\/p><\/div>\n