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 (; Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist who organised the British suffragette movement and helped women to win in 1918 the women's suffrage, right to vote in United Kingdom of Great Brita ...
(1858–1928), one of the founders of the British suffragette movement
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Richard Pankhurst (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 Suffragette bombing and arson ca ...
(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 co ...
(1886–1961), another daughter, an Australian suffragette
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Sylvia Pankhurst
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (; 5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English Feminism, feminist and Socialism, socialist activist and writer. Following encounters with women-led labour activism in the United States, she worked to organise worki ...
(1882–1960), a daughter who involved herself with feminism, socialism and later Ethiopia.
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Richard K.P. Pankhurst
Richard Keir Pethick Pankhurst OBE (3 December 1927 – 16 February 2017) was a British scholar who was a founding member of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies and professor at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia. His books have been r ...
(1927–2017), son of Sylvia and noted Ethiopian scholar
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Alula Pankhurst
Alula Pankhurst (born 1962) is a British 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 an ...
, 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
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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.
Biography
Pankhurst finished second behind Claude Jupp in the 220 yards event at the ...
, 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 Scie ...
, a British geologist
Pankhurst family
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