ABOUT SYLVIA PANKHURST

The daughter of two great social reformers, Sylvia slipped easily into a career in human rights though she had started out as an artist. She campaigned, lectured, wrote and published throughout her life – always mindful of the world's innocent victims

BACKGROUND

An overview of Sylvia's life: her early years and influences, her time as an art student, her main interests and her career devoted to human rights, a fairer society and world peace
THE PANKHURST FAMILY

Sylvia's father was the social reformer Dr Richard Marsden Pankhurst. Her mother Emmeline and sisters Christabel and Adela were notable Suffragettes. Then there is Sylvia's son, Dr Richard Pankhurst…
POLITICS & WORLD AFFAIRS

She began with women's rights, but driven by a strong social conscience, Sylvia continued to find other ways in which society could be improved – and made great efforts to reach the hearts and minds of world leaders
SYLVIA IN WOODFORD

In Woodford, Essex, Sylvia ran a transport café and published subversive literature from a tiny cottage, before moving to a larger house, the hub of her campaigning activity for many years. The locals, however, were not impressed