Adela Pankhurst (1885-1961) was recruited during World War I as an organiser for the Women's Peace Army in Melbourne by Vida Goldstein. Adela's mother, Emmeline Pankhurst, and sisters, Sylvia and Christabel had been active in the fight for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Emmeline Pankhurst (July 14, 1857 - June 14, 1928) was one of the founders of the British suffragette movement. ... (Estelle) Sylvia Pankhurst (May 5, 1882 - September 27, 1960) was a campaigner in the suffragette movement. ... Christabel Pankhurst Christabel Harriette Pankhurst (September 22, 1880 – February 13, 1958) was a suffragette born in Manchester, England. ...
Adela wrote a book called Put up the sword and addressed public meetings on her opposition to the war and conscription.
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Biographical summary published by the National Foundation for Australian Women (http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE0097b.htm)
AdelaPankhurst Walsh (1885-1961) was an Australian suffragette, political organizer, and co-founder of the Communist Party of Australia.
Adela was born in 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 suffragist movement.
In 1920, Pankhurst became a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia, from which she was later expelled.
Richard Pankhurst and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, and a sister of SylviaPankhurst and AdelaPankhurst.
In 1906, ChristabelPankhurst obtained a law degree from the University of Manchester and moved to the London headquarters of the WPSU, where she was appointed its organising secretary.
ChristabelPankhurst died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 77, and was buried in the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery in Santa Monica, California.
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