Emmeline Pankhurst, born July 15 1858 in Manchester, United Kingdom, was raised in a politically active family, in which both her parents were abolitionists and supporters of female suffrage. Pankhurst was exposed to social issues at a young age and attended her first women’s suffrage meeting at age fourteen. Pankhurst was fifteen when she left the country to receive an education in Paris at École Normale Supérieure. She returned to Great Britain in 1878 and married Richard Pankhurst in December 1879.
Pankhurst founded the Women's Franchise League in 1889, which campaigned to allow married women to vote in local elections. However, having failed to achieve this goal, Pankhurst and her daughters formed a more militant organisation known as
Pankhurst founded the Women's Franchise League in 1889, which campaigned to allow married women to vote in local elections. However, having failed to achieve this goal, Pankhurst and her daughters formed a more militant organisation known as