pankhurst, emmeline

A brief biography of early twentieth-century British woman suffrage activist Emmeline Pankhurst.

Profiles five women who advocated on behalf of women's rights in the early twentieth century. Elizabeth Cady Stanton campaigned for women's rights, Susan B. Anthony voted despite the fact that it was illegal for women, Clementina Black organized a strike at a factory that paid women less than men, Carrie Chapman Catt traveled throughout the world to promote women's suffrage, and Emmeline Pankhurst petitioned for women's right to vote.

Read about Ferdinand Magellan, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Nelson Mandela. They are three people whose courage, ideas, and actions have changed the world.

Describes the achievements of the founder of the militant women's suffrage movement who formed the "suffragettes.".