Sylvia Pankhurst : natural born rebel

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Label

Sylvia Pankhurst : natural born rebel

Title remainder

natural born rebel

Statement of responsibility

Rachel Holmes

Title variation

Natural born rebel

Creator

• trueHolmes, Rachel

Author

• trueHolmes, Rachel

Subject

• trueAnti-imperialist movements
• trueEquality
• trueFeminists
• trueFeminists -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueHuman rights
• truePacifism
• Pankhurst, E. Sylvia, (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960
• trueRadicals -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueReproductive rights
• trueSocial action
• trueSocial change
• trueSocial reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueSuffragists
• trueSuffragists -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueWomen political activists
• trueWomen radicals
• Women radicals -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueWomen social reformers -- Great Britain -- Biography
• trueWomen's Movement
• trueAnti-fascism

Genre

• trueBiography

Language

eng

Summary

The definitive biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, a woman ahead of her times - political rebel, human rights champion and radical feminist. Born into one Britain's most famous activist families, Sylvia Pankhurst was a natural rebel; a talented artist, prolific writer and newspaper editor. A free spirit and radical visionary, history placed her in the shadow of her famous mother, Emmeline, and elder sister, Christabel. Yet Sylvia Pankhurst was the most revolutionary of them all. Sylvia found her voice fighting militantly for votes for women. Her commitment to equality caused her to serve multiple sentences in Holloway prison - where she was tortured. The vote was just the beginning of her lifelong defense of human rights, from her early warnings of the rise of fascism in Europe, to her campaigning against racism and championing of the liberation struggles in Africa and India. Sylvia's adventures in America, Soviet Russia, Scandinavia, Europe and East Africa made her a true internationalist. She was one of the great minds of the modern era, engaging with political giants, including Churchill, Lenin, Rosa Luxemburg, George Bernard Shaw, W.E.B. Du Bois and Haile Selassie. Her intimate life was no less controversial

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed
• trueWell-researched
• trueEngaging
• trueIncisive

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

SALS

Dewey number

324.623

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates
• facsimiles

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult