Madame Tussauds London has announced that it will be unveiling a wax figure of the feminist trailblazer and suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday March 8. The unveiling will coincide with the 120th anniversary of Pankhurst co-founding the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU).
Pankhurst was one of the key figures of the suffragette movement, which led to women gaining equal voting rights to men across the United Kingdom. Pankhurst, who was from Manchester, her daughters and her fellow WSPU activists received repeated prison sentences for their physical confrontations to get women equal rights, and were instrumental in urging women to contribute to Britain’s fight in the First World War.
