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Emmeline Pankhurst was born July 15 1858 and she was 69 when she died June 14 1928 as a child her parents included her as well as their other children in different social activism She was married at the age of 20 to Richard Pankhurst a barrister who had supported women's suffrage as well as freedom of speech and education reform in December of 1879 Little less than a year after the couples wedding their first born Christabel was born September 22 1880 their second child Estelle Sylvia was born in 1882 and their son Francis Henry was born in 1884 Their last two children were born in 1885 and 1889 named Adela and after his deceased brother was named Henry Francis The Pankhurst were valiant fighters for female rights Emmeline Pankhurst was a political british activist as well as leader of the suffragette movement that won women the right to be able to vote Emmeline had a greater concern for human rights and believes that women voters would help resolve social injustices like poverty It was in 1903 that Emmeline founded the WSPU Women's Social and Political Union member of the union assaulted police officers and smashed windows leading to them being known for physical confrontations a few of the union members including Pankhurst herself as well as her daughter were given repeated prison sentences where they were able to stage a strike for better conditions Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst formed
