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Emmeline Pankhurst (July 15, 1858 – June 14, 1928) founded the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and played a crucial role in helping women gain the right to vote in the United Kingdom.Pankhurst, who had been a member of a Manchester suffragist group called the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, had grown impatient with the respectable, gradualist tactics of the society and was frustrated with their lack of success. She believed it would take an active organization – with young working class women – to draw attention to the cause. The WSPU used militant tactics to fight for women’s suffrage and gained much notoriety for their activities, following Pankhurst's “deeds not words” approach.The press soon dubbed the women of the new organization “suffragettes.” British politicians were outraged by the demonstrations, window-smashing, arson and hunger strikes that became part of this society's campaign tactics. Like many suffragettes, Pankhurst was arrested on numerous occ