Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960), Militant suffragette; daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst
Sitter in 18 portraits
Artist of 3 portraits
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst was a campaigner for the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. The daughter of the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and of the barrister and legal reformer Dr Richard Pankhurst, she turned to a career in human rights after studying to be an artist. She campaigned, lectured, wrote and published throughout her life.
Suffragette March in Hyde Park
by Christina Broom
cream-toned velox print, 23 July 1910
NPG x17396
Sylvia Pankhurst; Charlotte Despard (née French)
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, circa 1916
NPG x35726
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1927
NPG x18834
by Bassano
whole-plate glass negative, 25 February 1927
NPG x18835
by Elliott & Fry
vintage print, 1950
NPG x90892
Pankhurst Centre, Manchester
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Suffragettes
Women artists
Place
Greater Manchester
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