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 ...

The National Portrait Gallery unveiled a portrait on Thursday, going on public display for the first time in 80 years, of a woman who became a figurehead for the militant wing of the suffrage movement ...

Martin Kettle (How the past can help us reach across political divides, 27 December) hits the nail on the head. Yes, in her own lifetime, Christabel Pankhurst was the historically more important ...

In the centenary of the Representation of the People Act and the hard-won votes for women, the University's School of Law intends to remember, and rekindle, the radical and feminist heritage of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emmeline Pankhurst, her eldest daughter Christabel and some local socialist women founded, in 1903, the Women’s Social and ...