Christabel Pankhurst

Born

September 22, 1880

Died

February 13, 1958 (aged 77)

Known as

suffragist, women's rights activist, architect, editor, activist, suffragette

Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst was a British suffragette and Royalist born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and founder of The Suffragette newspaper, she directed militant actions from exile in France from 1912 to 1913. In 1914, she supported the war against Germany. After the war, she moved to the United States, where she worked as an evangelist for the Second Adventist movement.

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