SYLVIA PANKHURST WAS ONE OF BRITAIN’S GREAT REVOLUTIONARIES
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✍️ Sylvia Pankhurst, a leading figure in the British suffrage movement, also played a significant role in the early history of British communism, advocating for working-class women and opposing World War I.
👉 Sylvia Pankhurst was a leading figure in the British suffrage movement 👉 She founded the East London Federation of the WSPU to unite the fight for women's suffrage with local trade union struggles 👉 Pankhurst was imprisoned several times for her activism 👉 She was a strong supporter of Soviet Russia 👉 She founded the Women's Dreadnought newspaper 👉 She was a key figure in the Workers' Socialist Federation 👉 Pankhurst was expelled from the CPGB in 1921 👉 She went on to align herself with the ultraleft German Communist Workers' Party
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