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The Suffragettes Project Christabel Pankhurst, the eldest daughter of Dr. Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, was born in Manchester in 1880. Christabel attended Manchester High School and although she did well in her studies her main ambition was to be a dancer. Christabel's father died of a perforated ulcer in 1898 but his wife and daughters remained active in politics. In 1901 Christabel met Eva Gore-Booth who was trying to persuade working class women in Manchester to join the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS). Christabel was very impressed with their arguments and decided to join the campaign. Christabel's sister Sylvia Pankhurst, and her mother Emmeline Pankhurst, also became involved in the suffrage movement at this time. The Pankhursts became frustrated by the NUWSS lack of success and in 1903 the three women formed the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). As well as her involvement in the WSPU, Christabel was also...

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