Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960

LC control no.	n 50052783
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR6031.A396 InNd
Personal name heading	Pankhurst, E. Sylvia (Estelle Sylvia), 1882-1960 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pankhurst, Sylvia, 1882-1960 Pankhurst, Estelle Sylvia, 1882-1960
Associated country	Ethiopia
Birth date	1882-05-05
Death date	1960-09-27
Place of birth	Manchester (England)
Place of death	Ethiopia
Field of activity	Communism Suffrage
Affiliation	East London Federation of the Suffragettes Communist Party of Great Britain Workers' Suffrage Federation
Profession or occupation	Newspaper editors
Found in	Her The suffragette. The suffragette movement, 1977: t.p. (E. Sylvia Pankhurst) LC data base, 2/24/84 (hdg.: Pankhurst, Estelle Sylvia, 1882-1960; usage: E. Sylvia Pankhurst; variant: Sylvia Pankhurst) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Pankhurst, Sylvia; newspaper editor / publisher, socialist, suffragist, anticolonial activist; born 05 May, 1882 in Manchester, England; established East London Federation of Suffragettes and founded weekly paper, the Dreadnought (1920s-1924); established World Suffrage Federation, later World Socialist Federation (1920); founding member of Communist Party of Great Britain (expelled in 1921); established weekly newspaper New Times and Ethiopia News (NT&EN) to advocate for Ethiopia (1934-1956); worked to prevent the recognition of Italian claims to Ethiopia, League of Nations, Britain (1936-1938); sent letters and petitions to politicians and British government to support the Ethiopian cause during the war with Italy; criticized the Anglo-Ethiopian treaties (1942, 1944); visited Eritrea and Ethiopia (1944) and wrote NT&EN publications on British policy; moved to Ethiopia and started Ethiopia Observer (1956); died 27 September, 1960 in Ethiopia)