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Suffragette, co-founder of Women's Social and Political Union, editor (1880–1958)

DameChristabel Harriette PankhurstDBE (; 22 September 1880 – 13 February 1958) was a British suffragette born in Manchester, England.

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A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she directed its 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.

Early life

Christabel Pankhurst was the daughter of women's suffrage movement leader Emmeline Pankhurst^[1] and radical socialist Richard Pankhurst and sister to Sylvia and Adela Pankhurst.

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Her father was a barrister and her mother owned a small shop. Christabel assisted her mother, who worked as the Registrar of Births and Deaths in Manchester. Despite financial struggles, her family had always been encouraged by their firm belief i