Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), Suffragette Leader and Single Parent in Edwardian Britain

This article explores the life of Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928), the suffragette leader in Edwardian Britain, as a single parent, especially in regard to her youngest surviving child, Harry. After her husband’s death in 1898, Emmeline Pankhurst became an impoverished single parent with four dependent children to support—seventeen‐year‐old Christabel, sixteen‐year‐old Sylvia, thirteen‐year‐old Adela, and eight‐year‐old Harry. Five years later she founded and led the Women’s Social and Political Union, a militant women‐only organisation that campaigned for the parliamentary vote for women, and became a feminist public figure. The conflicts that she faced between her public duty to a cause she passionately believed in and her private role as a single parent are discussed

Duty · Genealogy · Militant · Political science · Politics · Single parent · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law

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