Pankhurst was arrested several times during her lifetime – the fight for women’s suffrage often featured daring stunts and law-breaking, as well as non-violent forms of protest.

Today it is a museum dedicated to Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragette movement. Image caption, Here, on the left, we see the former headquarters of the WSPU, located in London, England.

Modern-day activists such as Florence Given joined Madame Tussauds London to unveil its new Emmeline Pankhurst waxwork ahead of International Women’s Day.. The leading Suffragette has been ...