A picture of Emmeline Pankhurst posing.
Born in Manchester, England on July 14, 1858, Emmeline Pankhurst was raised in a radical Liberal household. Her parents, Robert and Sophia Goulden, had 11 children together, and Emmeline was the first. She began accompanying her mother to women's suffrage meetings at the age of 14. Pankhurst was educated in Manchester in her early years and was later sent to France to study abroad. In 1879, she became engaged to Richard Pankhurst, who was 20 years older than she. Together they had five children, Christabel, Sylvia, Frank, Adela, and Harry. Her eldest son past away, followed by her husband, Richard Pankhurst, 1898, leaving Emmeline widowed with four children to care for. She worked part time at the "Registrar of Births and Deaths" until she fully committed herself to fighting in the battle for women's rights. In October of 1903, Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union (the WSPU). Pankhurst passed away in 1928 after a strong career that lasted 40 years, the same year equal voting rights were granted to women.
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