Pankhurst is a surname, and may refer to:
Members of a prominent family of
suffragette
A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to members ...
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Emmeline Pankhurst
Emmeline Pankhurst ('' née'' Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was an English political activist who organised the UK suffragette movement and helped women win the right to vote. In 1999, ''Time'' named her as one of the 100 Most Impo ...
(1858–1928), one of the founders of the British suffragette movement
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Richard Pankhurst
Richard Marsden Pankhurst (1834 – 5 July 1898) was an English barrister and socialist who was a strong supporter of women's rights.
Early life
Richard Pankhurst was the son of Henry Francis Pankhurst (1806–1873) and Margaret Marsden (180 ...
(1834–1898), husband of Emmeline and noted member of the Independent Labour Party
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Christabel Pankhurst
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, (; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette born in Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bord ...
(1880–1958), a daughter of Emmeline and a fellow suffragette
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Adela Pankhurst
Adela Constantia Mary Walsh ( Pankhurst; 19 June 1885 – 23 May 1961) was a British born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the WSPU in Scotland. In 1914 she moved to Australia where she continued her activism and was co-found ...
(1886–1961), another daughter, an Australian suffragette
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Sylvia Pankhurst
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was a campaigning English feminist and socialist. Committed to organising working-class women in London's East End, and unwilling in 1914 to enter into a wartime political truce with ...
(1882–1960), a daughter who involved herself more with communism
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Richard K.P. Pankhurst (1927–2017), son of Sylvia and noted Ethiopian scholar
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Alula Pankhurst
Alula Pankhurst (born 1962) is an Ethiopian scholar and social development consultant whose main focus is Ethiopia and Ethiopian studies. He has worked in Ethiopia for many years in a variety of positions including as an associate professor of a ...
, son of Richard K.P. and Ethiopian scholar
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Helen Pankhurst
Helen Pankhurst (born 1964) is a Feminism in United Kingdom, British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is currently CARE (relief agency), CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia. She is the great- ...
, daughter of Richard K.P., activist and writer
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Henry Pankhurst
Henry John Pankhurst (1884 – 9 May 1921) was a British track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. He competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
In the 100 metres, Pankhurst took second place in his first round heat with a ...
, a British runner who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
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Kate Pankhurst
Kate Pankhurst is a British writer and illustrator, known for a series of children's picture books. She won second place in the 2002 Macmillan Prize for Picture Book Illustration.
Early life
Kate Pankhurst was raised in Liverpool, England. She l ...
, British illustrator and writer
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Robert John Pankhurst
Robert John Pankhurst is a British geologist who has contributed to the study of the evolution and plate tectonics of Antarctica and South America. He has been a member of the Chilean Academy of Science since 2004. and thNational Academy of Scien ...
, a British geologist
Pankhurst family
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