22 Facts About Adela Pankhurst

Adela Pankhurst attended the all-woman Studley Horticultural College in Warwickshire, and Manchester High School for Girls.

In June 1906, Adela Pankhurst disrupted a Liberal Party meeting and was sentenced to seven days in prison.

Adela Pankhurst was active in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, from 1908 and protested during the visit of Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary for the Liberal government, who was giving a talk at the Scarborough Liberal Association.

Adela Pankhurst worked with Dr Marion Mackenzie to build a local WSPU branch in Scarborough, and gave talks in York organised by the local WSPU branch secretary Annie Coultate.

Adela Pankhurst was arrested for "breaking the peace" along with Helen Archdale, Catherine Corbett and Maud Joachim.

Adela Pankhurst had slapped a policeman who was trying to evict her from the building.

Adela Pankhurst was invited to Eagle House in 1909 and 1910.

Adela Pankhurst planted a Himalayan Cedar on 3 July 1910.

Adela Pankhurst was among the first group of suffragettes to go on hunger strike when in prison.

Adela Pankhurst was being targeted by the police, as a high-profile activist.

Adela Pankhurst had been given a Hunger Strike Medal 'for Valour' by WSPU.

Adela Pankhurst emigrated to Australia in 1914 following estrangement from her family and frequent incarceration.

Adela Pankhurst wrote a book called Put Up the Sword, penned a number of anti-war pamphlets, and addressed public meetings, speaking against war and conscription.

Adela Pankhurst was arrested for her involvement in the protest but released on bail until her trial.

Adela Pankhurst refused Hughes' terms and only weeks after being married returned to jail to serve her four-month sentence.

Adela Pankhurst's husband had three daughters from his previous marriage.

In 1920, Adela Pankhurst became a founding member of the Communist Party of Australia, from which she was later expelled.

Adela Pankhurst became disillusioned with communism and founded the anti-communist Australian Women's Guild of Empire in 1927.

In 1941 Adela Pankhurst became one of the founding members of the far-right nationalistic, Australia First Movement.

Adela Pankhurst visited Japan in 1939, and was arrested and interned in March 1942 for her advocacy of peace with Japan.

Tom Walsh died in 1943; afterwards, Adela Pankhurst withdrew from public life.

Adela Pankhurst died on 23 May 1961, and was buried according to Catholic rites.