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Also Known As Emmeline Goulden
Born July 14, 1858 • Manchester • England
Died June 14, 1928 (aged 69) • London • England
Founder Women’s Social and Political Union
Notable Family Members daughter Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst

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Pankhurst, Emmeline
Emmeline Pankhurst wearing prison clothes and a cap, looking to the side.
Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, left, and her mother, Emmeline Pankhurst, stand side by side wearing hats and formal clothing in front of a brick wall and a flag.
Emmeline Pankhurst seated at a desk, holding a newspaper titled Britannia, wearing a polka-dot dress and looking toward the camera.
Black and white photo of women and girls in early 1900s dress holding a banner reading "I WISH MA COULD VOTE" at a suffrage march, with American flags in the background.
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