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The Suffragette Movement: An Intimate Account of Persons and Ideals
The Suffragette Movement - An Intimate Account Of Persons And Ideals by Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 27 September 1960). Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was an English campaigner for the suffragist movement in the United Kingdom. She was for a time a prominent left communist who then devoted herself to the cause of anti-fascism.
631 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1935
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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst
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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English campaigner for the suffragette movement, a prominent left communist and, later, an activist in the cause of anti-fascism. She spent much of her later life agitating on behalf of Ethiopia, where she eventually moved.
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (she later dropped her first forename) was born in Manchester, a daughter of Dr Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, who both later became founding members of the Independent Labour Party and were much concerned with women's rights. Sylvia and her sisters, Christabel and Adela, attended Manchester High School for Girls, and all three became suffragists.
Sylvia trained as an artist at the Manchester School of Art, and, in 1900, won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London.[1]
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Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (5 May 1882 – 27 September 1960) was an English campaigner for the suffragette movement, a prominent left communist and, later, an activist in the cause of anti-fascism. She spent much of her later life agitating on behalf of Ethiopia, where she eventually moved.
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (she later dropped her first forename) was born in Manchester, a daughter of Dr Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, who both later became founding members of the Independent Labour Party and were much concerned with women's rights. Sylvia and her sisters, Christabel and Adela, attended Manchester High School for Girls, and all three became suffragists.
Sylvia trained as an artist at the Manchester School of Art, and, in 1900, won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London.[1]
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Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is a comprehensive first-hand account of the suffragette movement. Part memoir, part historical narrative, she takes us from her humble childhood to her friendship with Independent Labour Party founding member Keir Hardie, to her split from the main WSPU to form the East London Federation of Suffragettes. The allegations of torture in Perth prison are chilling, as is the passage in which Pankhurst reports the return of suffragettes from an Albert Hall meeting: “They came in ones and twos, bruised and disheveled …”
Sylvia Pankhurst’s book is a comprehensive first-hand account of the suffragette movement. Part memoir, part historical narrative, she takes us from her humble childhood to her friendship with Independent Labour Party founding member Keir Hardie, to her split from the main WSPU to form the East London Federation of Suffragettes. The allegations of torture in Perth prison are chilling, as is the passage in which Pankhurst reports the return of suffragettes from an Albert Hall meeting: “They came in ones and twos, bruised and disheveled …”
July 12, 2020
This is a fascinating historical document. Although the majority of the book is a straightforward chronology of events from Sylvia Pankhurst's perspective, there are flashes of wonderful reflection — especially in the earlier parts of the book.
It's intriguing how Sylvia set up her father Richard Marsden Pankhurst as the progenitor of her cause ('life is nothing without enthusiasms!'), in spite of his gender. She had a very conscientious, sensuous — but also rather ascetic — upbringing: 'We were all three regarded as very quiet, well-behaved children, and great astonishment was expressed by the teachers who had known us when we broke forth in the Suffragette Movement.' (p. 127). I sense that her vivid description of childhood sweetness and light in Russell Square (book 2, chapter 2) will haunt my next trip there.
It's also clear that Sylvia saw her artistic interests as part of her social and political cause, very much in the tradition of Ruskin and William Morris. Here's a lovely passage from her visit to Venice as a young woman:
'Work gave the only solace; and indeed the quiet life of study in surroundings of peace and beauty was what my young being most urgently needed, for the building of health, and the soothing of jaded nerves.' (p. 161)
I hope to read some other accounts of her life soon.
It's intriguing how Sylvia set up her father Richard Marsden Pankhurst as the progenitor of her cause ('life is nothing without enthusiasms!'), in spite of his gender. She had a very conscientious, sensuous — but also rather ascetic — upbringing: 'We were all three regarded as very quiet, well-behaved children, and great astonishment was expressed by the teachers who had known us when we broke forth in the Suffragette Movement.' (p. 127). I sense that her vivid description of childhood sweetness and light in Russell Square (book 2, chapter 2) will haunt my next trip there.
It's also clear that Sylvia saw her artistic interests as part of her social and political cause, very much in the tradition of Ruskin and William Morris. Here's a lovely passage from her visit to Venice as a young woman:
'Work gave the only solace; and indeed the quiet life of study in surroundings of peace and beauty was what my young being most urgently needed, for the building of health, and the soothing of jaded nerves.' (p. 161)
I hope to read some other accounts of her life soon.
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