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Pankhurst, Adela Constantia Mary (1885 - 1961)

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Born
1885
Died
1961
Occupation
Activist and Editor
Alternative Names
  • Walsh, Adela Pankhurst

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Pankhurst was one of the leaders of the Women's Peace Army. She was jailed for agitation in support of the 1917 general strike in New South Wales. She also edited the Victorian Socialist Party children's magazine Dawn.

See Australian Women's Archive Project

See Susan Hogan, 'Pankhurst, Adela Constantia Mary (1885 - 1961)', Australian Dictionary of Biography Online.

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  • Milner, Andrew, 'Radical Intellectuals: an unacknowledged legislature?', in Verity Bergman and Jenny Lee (eds), Constructing a culture: a people's history of Australia since 1788, McPhee Gribble/ Penguin Books, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 259-84. [ | Details... ]

Newspaper Articles

  • A.E.A. of Rozelle, 'Marriage under capitalism', Working Women, January 1932. [ | | Details... ]

Pamphlets

  • Goldstein, Vida; John, Cecilia, and Pankhurst, Adela, The Social Evil; Women's Convention, May 6 1916, Women's Political Association, Melbourne, 1916. [ | | Details... ]