Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), Suffragette Leader and Single Parent in Edwardian Britain

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This article explores the life of Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), the suffragette leader in Edwardian Britain, as a single parent, especially in regard to her youngest surviving child, Harry. After her husbanda??s death in 1898, Emmeline Pankhurst became an impoverished single parent with four dependent children to supporta??seventeena??yeara??old Christabel, sixteena??yeara??old Sylvia, thirteena??yeara??old Adela, and eighta??yeara??old Harry. Five years later she founded and led the Womena??s Social and Political Union, a militant womena??only organisation that campaigned for the parliamentary vote for women, and became a feminist public figure. The conflicts that she faced between her public duty to a cause she passionately believed in and her private role as a single parent are discussed.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2011.536389