The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family

The suffragettes outraged Victorian society, yet behind the protests, arrests and hunger strikes, the personal lives of Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters were just as dramatic. Martin Pugh reveals the full story of this unique family: Emmeline, the domineering mothe; Christabel, the favourite daughter who became an Adventist and admirer of Mussolini; Sylvia, the ‘scarlet woman’; and Adela, banished to Australia after a bitter rift. It is an astonishing account of the triumphs and tragedies of four extraordinary women.