Adela Pankhurst Walsh
| Adela Walsh | |
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Adela Walsh (taken before 1921)
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst 19 June 1885 Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire |
| Died | 23 May 1961 (aged 75) Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party |
Independent Labour Party Communist Party of Australia Australia First Movement |
| Spouse(s) | Thomas Walsh |
| Children | 6 |
| Parents |
Richard Pankhurst Emmeline Goulden |
| Relatives |
Christabel Pankhurst (sister) Sylvia Pankhurst (sister) Richard Pankhurst (nephew) Helen Pankhurst (great-niece) Alula Pankhurst (great-nephew) |
Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst Walsh (19 June 1885 – 23 May 1961) was a British-Australian suffragette, political organiser, and co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia First Movement.
Pankhurst was born on 19 June 1885 in Manchester, England, into a politicised family: her father, Richard Pankhurst was a socialist and candidate for Parliament, and her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and sisters Sylvia and Christabel were leaders of the British suffragette movement. Her mother was of Manx descent. Adela attended the all-woman Studley Horticultural College in Warwickshire, and Manchester High School for Girls.
As a teenager, Adela became involved in the militant Women's Social and Political Union founded by her mother and sisters. In November 1909 she joined a protest that disturbed a talk by Winston Churchill at his constituency in Dundee. She was arrested along with Helen Archdale and Maud Joachim. Adela had slapped a policeman who was trying to evict her from the building.
Eagle House near Bath in Somerset had became an important refuge for suffragettes who had been released from prison. Mary Blathwayt's parents planted trees there between April 1909 and July 1911 to commemorate the achievements of suffragettes including Adela's mother and sister, Christabel as well as Annie Kenney, Charlotte Despard, Millicent Fawcett and Lady Lytton. The trees were known as "Annie's Arboreatum" after Annie Kenney. There was also a "Pankhurst Pond" within the grounds.
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