Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst (1858-1928) In terms of personal bravery she was certainly heroic, however, it is
possible to argue that her actions, and those of the Suffragettes did
more harm than good.
It is significant that the Pethick-Lawrences broke with her in 1912
and that Millicent Fawcett also withdrew any semblance of support in
the same year. The reasons for these actions were Emmeline Pankhurst's
increasingly dictatorial command of the WSPU and the increasing
violence of her campaigns.
From 1912 the WSPU was run as a terrorist movement in which obedience
to the Pankhursts' (Emmeline and Christabel) was paramount. Even
Sylvia withdrew from the campaigns and concentrated on social work in
the East End of London.
On the other hand, it can be argued that the success of the
representation of the People Act in 1918 was at least partly brought
about by the latent threat of a return to Suffragette tactics.
Christabel had continued to edit 'The Suffragette' during the war
years and this was certainly a factor in the minds of politicians in
1918.
Emmeline Goulden Pankhurst (1858 - 1928)
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Emmeline Pankhurst, c.1908 ©
'Deeds not words' was the motto of the Women's Social and Political
Union founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. It is a motto that could also
serve well to sum up Pankhurst's life, both as a woman and as a
suffragette. She worked her entire life for the cause of women's
suffrage, and was certainly not afraid to back up her words with
Even though Harriet Tubman had to break the law, She should be counted as a hero because she had freed over three hundred slaves. She also joined the underground railroad and was a conductor. She was also kind when she died she gave her home to a church. She was so famous governors know her. That was the life of hero.
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see her work was not in vain. And that the revolution she and other ladies of
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