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- When the WSPU was formed by her mother in 1903, Pankhurst became a key activist, despite her dream of a career in art. The WSPU wanted votes for women on a limited franchise—voting rights for those who owned property. Pankhurst wanted universal suffrage—voting rights for all men and women regardless of wealth, gender, social status or race.
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Sylvia Pankhurst wrote a number of articles for the WSPU newspaper and, in 1911, published a piece on the history of the WSPU campaign. This included a detailed account of her experience during the Black Friday event in 1910.
Pankhurst contributed articles to the WSPU's newspaper, Votes for Women and, in 1911, she published a propagandist history of the WSPU's campaign, The Suffragette: The History of the Women's Militant Suffrage Movement.
Feb 5, 2018 · In early 1914, Sylvia was expelled from the WSPU, a bruising encounter that she describes in great detail in The Suffragette Movement.
- June Purvis
Sylvia Pankhurst's decision to form a suffrage organisation in the East End of London was not motivated solely by her frustration with the WSPU, but more positively by her desire to create a mass women's movement.
In contrast to Emmeline and Christabel, Sylvia had also retained an affiliation with the labour movement, so in 1914, she broke away from the WSPU to set up the socialist East London Federation of Suffragettes (ELFS).
Oct 19, 2014 · The Pankhurst family were crucial to the Suffragette movement in the early 20th Century. The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) was founded in Manchester, Pankhurst’s hometown, prior to World War 1. There were six founders of the WSPU, including both Sylvia and Emmeline Pankhurst.
Emmeline Pankhurst became an ardent militarist, and her followers in the WSPU were among those who handed white feathers—symbols of cowardice—to young men not wearing military uniform. The WSPU slowly faded from public attention during the war and was finally dissolved in 1917.
