Christabel Pankhurst

Europe

Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters found the Women's Social and Political Union in Manchester, launching militant suffragette tactics: chaining themselves…

• 1903 CE

  Emmeline Pankhurst founds the WSPU

  Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters found the Women's Social and Political Union in Manchester, launching militant suffragette tactics: chaining themselves to railings, hunger strikes, and window-smashing. Their campaign wins British women over 30 the vote in 1918.