I'm Emmeline Pankhurst, and for the first time ever, I, as a woman, have the backing of parliament to vote for who runs the country. This would not have happened without the suffragettes.

14 July is Emmeline Pankhurst Day. The leading suffragette was flawed, divisive and autocratic – and we should never forget her. When it comes to female icons, it’s sometimes tempting to ...

Emmeline Pankhurst: The Making of a Militant will explore the woman behind the myth. Ninety years after her death, Emmeline Pankhurst is still the most famous member of the British women’s ...

Sophia Goulden, née Craine, was the mother of Emmeline Pankhurst, who led the suffragette movement in Britain. Mrs Goulden was born on the Isle of Man in 1833, and married there before moving to ...

In the years leading up to World War I, Henry and Agnes Harben frequently turned their grand country estate, Newland Park, into a tucked-away sanctuary for Emmeline Pankhurst and her fellow ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has said sentences given to several climate protesters are “heavy-handed and ...

Helen Pankhurst is the great-granddaughter of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst (Yui Mok/PA) The great-granddaughter of leading suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst has said sentences given to several ...