Emmeline Pankhurst Tapestries

Emmeline Pankhurst Suffragette Pioneer and Heroe. Dignity, Purity, Hope was the Suffragettes motto. Votes for Women was their cry and this bravely with their leader in England.

Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emmeline Goulden; 14 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist. She is best remembered for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the suffering right to vote. In 1999, Time named her as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating that "she shaped an idea of objects for our time" and "shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back".

Emmeline Pankhurst was a militant champion of woman suffrage whose 40-year campaign achieved success when British women obtained the right to vote.

Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emmeline Goulden; 14 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist. She is best remembered for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the suffering right to vote. In 1999, Time named her as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating that "she shaped an idea of objects for our time" and "shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back".

Emmeline Pankhurst was a militant champion of woman suffrage whose 40-year campaign achieved success when British women obtained the right to vote.

Emmeline Pankhurst was a militant champion of woman suffrage whose 40-year campaign achieved success when British women obtained the right to vote.

Emmeline Pankhurst was one of the leaders of woman's suffrage in England who fought in radical protests.

Deeds Not Words - the battle cry of the suffragette movement!

Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emiline Goulden; 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928) was a British political activist. She is best remembered for organizing the UK suffragette movement and helping women win the right to vote. In 1999, Time named her as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating that "she shaped an idea of women for our time" and "shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back".1 She was widely criticised for her militant tactics, and historians disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in the United Kingdom.23

Emmeline Pankhurst, leader of the Suffragette movement collaged in marbled bookbinding paper. Based on a studio portrait from the 1920s and themed in the purple green and cream colours of the movement.She is holding her reading glass,which feels quite symbolic of the lense she held up to the world. Arise! Go Forth and Conquer!

Twenty Four exceptional British women from history who defied expectations, challenged the conventions of their day and changed society – on a pink background