Dame Christabel Pankhurst
(1880-1958), Suffragette; daughter of Emmeline PankhurstSitter in 17 portraits
A leading Suffragette, Christabel Pankhurst was the driving force behind the Women's Social and Political Union, which was founded by her mother, Emmeline, in 1903 in order to lobby for female suffrage. She originally trained as a lawyer at Manchester University, but, as a woman, was unable to practice as a barrister and so used her legal knowledge to highlight inequality in speeches and pamphlets. A persuasive speaker and effective strategist, she organised spectacular rallies and processions. The WSPU became increasingly militant, largely under her bold influence, and from 1905 she orchestrated a campaign of civil disobedience that escalated to include arson and bombing. Her contribution to the emancipation of women was recognised when she was created Dame in 1936.
by Jessie Holliday
pencil, 1900s?
NPG 4207
by Richard George Mathews
charcoal and chalk, 1908
NPG 6904
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, mid 1900s
NPG x26018
by Lambert Weston & Son
bromide postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x32605
for Daily Mirror
bromide press print, 1906
NPG x139878
Dame Christabel Pankhurst; Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 18 September 1908
NPG x26019
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence; Dame Christabel Pankhurst
by Unknown photographer
postcard print, 21 June 1908
NPG x45194
by Lallie Charles, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1908
NPG x135535
by Lallie Charles
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 21 October 1908
NPG x193471
by Kate Simmons
bromide postcard print, 1910
NPG x46490
Suffragette March in Hyde Park
by Christina Broom
cream-toned velox print, 23 July 1910
On display in Room 24 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x17396
by Record Press
bromide press print, September 1913
NPG x32608
by Olive Edis
whole-plate autochrome, 1925-1935
NPG x7200
by Olive Edis
platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1925-1935
NPG x6196
Flora Drummond; Dame Christabel Pankhurst
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, early 1930s
NPG x29896
Dame Christabel Pankhurst ('A Woman of the Day. "Women's Suffrage."')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 15 June 1910
NPG D45561
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