Emmeline Pankhurst Arrested outside Buckingham Palace
Unknown photographer Β· 1914
Why it's great
Police carry the British suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst away on May 21, 1914, after she tried to bring a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace. She was arrested many times for the cause of women's votes.
ποΈ Part of history
Votes for Women (1848β1928) β Police carry the British suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst away on May 21, 1914, after she tried to bring a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace.
Where to see it
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The photographer who made this picture is not known. Press photographers and news agencies of the early 1900s often did not record the names of the people who took their photographs.


