Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Dame Christabel Pankhurst NPG x6196

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Olive Edis

A leading Suffragette, Christabel Pankhurst was the driving force behind the Women's Social and Political Union, which was founded by her mother, Emmeline, in 1903 in order to lobby for female suffrage. She originally trained as a lawyer at Manchester University, but, as a woman, was unable to practice as a barrister and so used her legal knowledge to highlight inequality in speeches and pamphlets. A persuasive speaker and effective strategist, she organised spectacular rallies and processions. The WSPU became increasingly militant, largely... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.