Emmeline Pankhurst, her eldest daughter Christabel and some local socialist women founded, in 1903, the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU). Their goal was to campaign for the parliamentary vote ...

Critics say relocating effigy of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst would be a scandal A row has erupted over plans to relocate a statue of the suffragette pioneer Emmeline Pankhurst from its site near ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new statue of Emmeline Pankhurst is being unveiled in Manchester today [Photo: Getty] A new statue of Emmeline Pankhurst will be ...

I'm Emmeline Pankhurst, and for the first time ever, I, as a woman, have the backing of parliament to vote for who runs the country. This would not have happened without the suffragettes. Until now ...

On International Women’s Day, it’s not uncommon to see celebrations of the groundbreaking activism of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, but a new musical gaining popularity in London puts a lesser known ...

The statue of the iconic Suffragette is expected to be unveiled next December. Following a lengthy campaign, it has been confirmed that the government will help fund a statue of Suffragette leader ...

SHE was the Suffragette known for militant tactics and hunger strikes in her quest for women’s rights. But who was Emmeline Pankhurst and how did she help revolutionise the lives of women and gain ...

It was written in the stars that Helen Pankhurst should become a women’s rights activist: she is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, granddaughter of Sylvia, and the only woman of her ...

A new statue of Emmeline Pankhurst was unveiled in her home city of Manchester on Friday, marking exactly 100 years since British women first voted in a General Election. As the leader of the ...

AS the coffin was carried through London streets watched by a sombre crowd, observers ­likened it to the funeral of a ­general mourned by his army. Yet this was no decorated military ­officer feted ...