pp. 3–17, argues that pro-Boer activists such as Emmeline, Christabel and Sylvia
Pankhurst ‘developed an analysis of the war that critically engaged with every argument
made in defense of the war, eventually putting that analysis to use on behalf of British
women’s franchise rights’. While highlighting the ways in which imperial and franchise
questions were intertwined, Mayhall does not present a particularly convincing case in
regard to Emmeline’s train of thought, nor does she consider a range of other issues and
experiences that were influential in her life at this time.
42 E. S. Pankhurst, TSM, p. 157.
43 Entry for 27 October 1900, Bruce Glasier Diaries.
44 E. Pankhurst, My own story, p. 33.
45 Ibid., pp. 34–5.
46 Ibid., p. 35.
47 Manchester Guardian, 2 April 1902. Liddington and Norris, One hand tied behind us, p.
169, in an ‘anti’ Emmeline and Christabel chapter erroneously claim that at this time
‘Mrs. Pankhurst put all her energies into routine ILP business rather than combining it
with suffrage.’
48 Rosen,Rise up women!, p. 27 notes that in June 1902 Emmeline had become a member of
the newly formed central committee of the Manchester ILP while Liddington and Norris,
One hand tied behind us, p. 169, claim that Emmeline was a founder member of a new local
ILP branch, Manchester Central, formed in August 1902.
49 EP to Mr. Nodal, 18 July 1902, Author’s Collection.
50 EP to Mr. Nodal, 20 July 1902, Author’s Collection.
51 C. Pankhurst, Unshackled, p. 40.
52 Report of the Executive Committee of the North of England Society for Women’s
Suffrage, Presented at the annual meeting, 29 November 1901 (Manchester, Taylor,
Garnett & Co), p. 18, lists Emmeline’s and Christabel’s subscription at 5 shillings and 10
shillings, respectively; Report of the Executive Committee of the North of England
Society for Women’s Suffrage, Presented at the annual meeting, 24 November 1902
(Manchester, ‘Guardian’ General Printing Works), p. 10.
53 Manchester Guardian, 2 August 1902; Rosen, Rise up women!, p. 26.
54 E. S. Pankhurst, TSM, p. 158.
55 Ibid., p. 159.
56 Ibid., pp. 160–2.
57 EP to Mr. Nodal, 27 November 1902, Author’s Collection.
58 Mr. Nodal to EP, 29 November 1902, ESPA.
59 EP to Mr. Nodal, 29 November [1902], Author’s Collection.
60 EP to Mr. Nodal, 29 November 1902, Author’s Collection.
61 EP to Mr. Nodal, 1 December 1902, Author’s Collection.
62 EP to Mr. Nodal, 28 December 1902, Author’s Collection. Sylvia Pankhurst in TSM, p.
164, does not mention that Adela had to be isolated and describes the incident in terms
that portray Christabel in a harsh light. ‘Christabel adored her [Eva Gore-Booth], and
when Eva suffered from neuralgia, as often happened, she would sit with her for hours,
massaging her head. To all of us at home, this seemed remarkable indeed, for Christabel
had never been willing to act the nurse to any other human being. She detested sickness,
and had even left home when Adela had scarlet fever and Harry had chicken-pox, on the
first occasion going into hired lodgings, on the second to stay with friends.’ Sylvia was
still in Italy when Adela fell ill.
63 EP to Sir William Bailey, 7 January 1903, Author’s Collection.
64 Sir William Bailey to Mr. Nodal, 8 January 1902, Author’s Collection.
65 EP to Mr. Nodal, 26 January 1903, Author’s Collection.
66 Ibid.
67 EP to Mr. Nodal, 31 January 1903, Author’s Collection.
68 EP Mr. Nodal, 17 February 1903, Author’s Collection.
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