Emily Goulden was born on 14 July 1858 in Manchester into a family with a tradition of radical politics. In 1879 she married Richard Pankhurst, a lawyer and supporter of the women's suffrage movement. He was the author of the Married Women's Property Acts of 1870 and 1882, which allowed women to keep earnings or property owned before and after marriage. His death in 1898 was a great shock to Emily.
In 1889 Emily founded the Women's Franchise League, which fought to allow married women to vote in local elections. In October 1903 she helped found the more militant Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organisation that gained much attention for its militant activities and whose members were the first to be christened 'suffragettes'. Emily's daughters Christabel and Sylvia were both active in the cause. British politicians, press and public were astonished by the demonstrations, window smashing, arson and hunger strikes of the suffragettes. In 1913, WSPU member Emily Davison was killed when she threw herself under the King's horse at the Derby as a protest at the government's continued to give women the right to vote.
Emily was imprisoned and went on ahunger strike during imprisonment, resulting in violent force-feeding. The government passed what became known as the 'Cat and Mouse' Act. Hunger striking prisoners were released until they grew strong again, and then re-arrested.
Emily's cause was ended abruptly on the outbreak of war in 1914, when Emily turned her energies to supporting the war effort. In 1918 the Representation of the People Act gave voting rights to women over 30. Emily died on 14 June 1928, shortly after women were granted equal voting rights with men.
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Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst & her daughters, Sylvia & Christobel. And Emily Davison who killed herself under the hooves of the Kings horse in the Derby horserace in 1913.
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The purpose of them was to fight against not letting women vote. A few famous names were Emily Davidson and emmeline pankhurst. They changed the 19th amendment. The purpose of them was to fight against not letting women vote. A few famous names were Emily Davidson and emmeline pankhurst. They changed the 19th amendment. The suffragettes consisted of many different unions with the most famous being the WSPU that was founded and headed by the Pankhursts. The suffragettes fought for womens suffrage (rights to vote) through, mainly, the use of violence and crime. Emily Davidson was indeed famous as she threw herself underneath the King's horses in a Derby and her funeral became a suffragette protest.
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The Emily Pankhurst Found Group Called Women's Social And Political Union