Pankhurst family papers, 1891-1923

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Summary

Creator:
Pankhurst family (Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928) (1879), Baskin, Lisa Unger, Pankhurst, Emmeline, 1858-1928, Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958, and Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960
Abstract:
The Pankhurst family included English political activists and leaders of British women's suffrage movement, Emmeline (1858-1928) and her daughters, Christabel (1880-1958), and Estelle Sylvia (1882-1960). Collection includes letters by Emmeline, Christabel, and Sylvia Pankhurst, as well as photographs of them.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet (13 items)
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.12057

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes letters by Emmeline, Christabel, and Sylvia Pankhurst, as well as photographs of them. Topics in the letters include women's suffrage, opinions of Emmeline in the United States, and Sylvia's running of newspapers, including the Worker's Dreadnought. There is also an autograph for Christabel. Images include photo postcards of Emmeline and Christabel, an albumen photograph of Emmeline and another unidentified woman breaking the flag at Lincoln's Inn House at Christmas Sale (1912), and a silver gelatin photograph of Sylvia attending a luncheon in her honor in Cincinnati.

Biographical / historical:

The Pankhurst family included English political activists and leaders of British women's suffrage movement, Emmeline (1858-1928) and her daughters, Christabel (1880-1958), and Estelle Sylvia (1882-1960).

Acquisition information:
The Pankhurst family papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2015.
Processing information:

Processed by Alice L. Poffinberger, December 2022

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2015-0050-LUBMSS375, 2015-0050-LUBMSS371, 2015-0050-LUBMSS376, 2015-0050-LUBMSS374, 2015-0050-LUBMSS370, 2015-0050-LUBMSS373, 2015-0050-LUBMSS372, 2015-0050-LUBMSS148.

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