Pankhurst is a surname, and may refer to:
Members of a prominent family of
suffragettes:
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Emmeline Pankhurst (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 (1 ...
(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, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she directed its militant actions from exil ...
(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 Women's Social and Political Union, WSPU in Scotland. In 1914 she moved to Australia where she con ...
(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 t ...
(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 British women's rights activist, scholar and writer. She is currently CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia. She is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddau ...
, daughter of Richard K.P., activist and writer
Other:
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Henry Pankhurst, 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 ...
, 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
Chilean may refer to:
* Something of, fro ...
, a British geologist
Pankhurst family
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