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Emmeline and Pankhurst's
His involvement in the Women's Social and Political Union ( WSPU ), on behalf of women's rights, led to him serving a nine-month prison sentence in 1912, following Christabel Pankhurst's window-smashing campaign, even though he had disagreed with that form of action ; because of his disagreement, indeed, he was expelled from the WSPU by Emmeline Pankhurst and Christabel.

Emmeline and husband
During the 1880s, living at the Goulden cottage with her parents in Seedley, Emmeline Pankhurst tended to her husband and children, but still devoted time to political activities.
She then planned a series of domestic stories, of which one, Emmeline, was far enough advanced when she died for her husband to include it in a 1819 memorial volume, along with a Memoir and extracts from her travel diary.
Emmeline and Michael have their baby boy, and they live together as common-law husband and wife, content in their solitude.

Emmeline and Richard
Richard Pankhurst first caught Emmeline Goulden's eye when she spied his " beautiful hand " opening the door of a cab as he arrived at a public meeting in 1878.
In the autumn of 1878, at the age of 20, Emmeline Goulden met and began a courtship with Richard Pankhurst, a barrister who had advocated women's suffrageand other causes, including freedom of speech and education reform – for years.
Emmeline suggested to Richard that they avoid the legal formalities of marriage by entering into a free union ; he objected on the grounds that she would be excluded from political life as an unmarried woman.
She also appeared opposite then-husband Peter O ' Toole and Richard Burton in Becket ( 1964 ); as Ursula Mossbank in the musical film Goodbye, Mr. Chips ( 1969 ), again starring O ' Toole ; once more opposite O ' Toole in Murphy's War ( 1971 ); as Emmeline Pankhurst in the TV mini-series Shoulder to Shoulder ( 1974 ); as Lady Ann, the unfaithful wife of Alec Guinness's character George Smiley, in the BBC1 espionage dramas Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ( 1979 ) and Smiley's People ( 1982 ), adapted from John le Carré's novels of the same names ; in Nijinsky ( 1980 ); and as the queen Cassiopeia in Clash of the Titans ( 1981 ).
Sylvia Pankhurst was born in Manchester, a daughter of Dr. Richard Pankhurst and Emmeline Pankhurst, members of the Independent Labour Party and ( especially Emmeline ) much concerned with women's rights.
Christabel Pankhurst was the daughter of the lawyer Dr. Richard Pankhurst and women's suffrage movement leader Emmeline Pankhurst and sister to Sylvia Pankhurst and Adela Pankhurst.
In the Victorian period, two young cousins, Richard and Emmeline Lestrange, and a galley cook, Paddy Button ( Leo McKern ) survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific and reach a lush tropical island.
Paddy soon dies after a drunken binge and his body is discovered by Richard and Emmeline.
Richard and Emmeline ( now portrayed by Christopher Atkins and Brooke Shields ) begin to fall in love, although this is emotionally stressful for them because of their lack of education on human sexuality, and are unable to express their physical attraction for one another.
Emmeline is frightened after she begins her first menstrual period, and is nervous when Richard wants to inspect her for a cut.
They make up for this fight after Emmeline is nearly killed upon stepping on a stonefish and Richard admits to his fear of losing her.
Still naked, Richard and Emmeline share some fruit in the vegetation overlooking the idol, and discover sexual intercourse, and then passionate love.
Although this is clear to the viewer, Richard and Emmeline themselves do not know about the truth of childbirth and human reproduction and simply assume that the physical changes in Emmeline's body is her getting fat.
As he flees, Richard hears Emmeline cry out and follows the sound just in time to help her give birth to a baby boy, whom they name Paddy, in remembrance of Paddy Button.
Richard, having lost all of his desire to leave the island, agrees with Emmeline with an exchange of glances, and they let the ship pass.
While waiting for Richard, Emmeline and Paddy remain in the boat.
Emmeline throws the other oar at the shark, striking it and giving Richard just enough time to get in the boat.
After drifting for days in the boat, Richard and Emmeline awake to find Paddy eating the berries he picked.
Hopeless, Richard and Emmeline eat the berries as well, lying down to await death.
This film loosely picks up where The Blue Lagoon left off, except that Richard and Emmeline are found dead in the boat.
* Richards Martin, Macaulay Vincent, Hickey Eileen, Vega Emilce, Sykes Bryan, Guida Valentina, Rengo Chiara, Sellitto Daniele, Cruciani Fulvio, Kivisild Toomas, Villerns Richard, Thomas Mark, Rychkov Serge, Rychkov Oksana, Rychkov Yuri, Golge Mukaddes, Dimitrov Dimitar, Hill Emmeline, Bradley Dan, Romano Valentino, Cail Francesco, Vona Giuseppe, Demaine Andrew, Papiha Surinder, Triantaphyllides Costas, Stefanescu Gheorghe, Hatina Jiri, Belledi Michele, Di Rienzo Anna, Novelletto Andrea, Oppenheim Ariella, Norby Soren, Al-Zaheri Nadia, Santachiara-Benerecetti Silvana, Scozzari Rosaria, Torroni Antonio, & Bandelt Hans Jurgen.
Adela was born on 19 June 1885 in Manchester, England, into a politicized family: her father, Richard Pankhurst was a socialist and candidate for Parliament, and her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and sisters Sylvia and Christabel were leaders of the British suffragette movement.
Richard is the child of Richard and Emmeline Lestrange of the original film, who both are revealed to be dead at the beginning and are buried at sea.

Emmeline and Pankhurst
* 1858 – Emmeline Pankhurst, English activist ( d. 1928 )
" In " Smith and Jones ", Martha Jones asked if the Doctor also had a " Laser Spanner ", to which he replied that he had, until it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst.
* In " Smith and Jones ", the Doctor claims to have once owned a " laser spanner " until it was stolen by Emmeline Pankhurst, described by the Doctor as a " cheeky woman ".
** Emmeline Pankhurst, British women's suffrage campaigner ( b. 1858 )
* July 14 – Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette, mother of Christabel, Sylvia and Adela Pankhurst ( d. 1928 )
* Emmeline Pankhurst, a proponent of militancy.
Emmeline Pankhurst ( born Emmeline Goulden ) ( 15 July 1858 – 14 June 1928 ) was a British political activist and leader of the British suffragette movement which helped women win the right to vote.
Born Emmeline Goulden and raised in Moss Side, Manchester, England by politically active parents, Pankhurst was introduced at the age of 8 to the women's suffrage movement.
Formed in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, the WSPU brought together those who felt strongly that militant, confrontational tactics were needed in order to achieve women's suffrage.
In 1928, at the funeral of Emmeline Pankhurst, Jones laid a wreath " to do honour to the memory of Mrs Pankhurst and Miss Emily Davison ".
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The Women's Social and Political Union founded by Emmeline Pankhurst in 1903 was a militant movement.
After selling her home, British activist Emmeline Pankhurst travelled constantly, giving speeches throughout Britain and the United States.
One major division, especially in Britain, was between suffragists, who sought to create change constitutionally, and suffragettes, led by iconic English political activist Emmeline Pankhurst, who in 1903 formed the more militant Women's Social and Political Union.
In a January 2010 BBC documentary, Mother Was A Blackshirt, James Maw reported on how in 1914 Norah Elam was placed in a Holloway prison cell with Emmeline Pankhurst for her involvement with the Suffragette movement, yet in 1940 she returned to the same prison with Diana Mosley, but this time for her involvement with the fascist movement.
Annie Kenney, born in nearby Springhead, and who worked in Oldham's cotton mills, was a notable member of the Suffragette movement credited with sparking off suffragette militancy when she heckled Winston Churchill, and later ( with Emmeline Pankhurst ) the first Suffragist to be imprisoned.
Emmeline Pankhurst and other suffragette leaders stormed Downing Street in 1908 ; anti-Vietnam War protestors marched there in the 1960s, as did anti-Iraq and Afghanistan War protestors in the 2000s.

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