Memories of Sylvia Pankhurst

The memories of Sylvia Pankhurst offer an invaluable insight into the challenges faced by the Suffragettes at the beginning of the 20th century. Sylvia, daughter of the WSPU founder Emmeline Pankhurst, was a driving force behind the suffragette movement. As one of the key members of the Suffragettes – a group that campaigned and protested for women’s political rights – her memories are an invaluable source to historians.

Below are some of Sylvia’s most well-known quotes

“Socialism means plenty for all. We do not preach a gospel of want and scarcity, but of abundance. Our desire is not to make poor those who today are rich, in order to put the poor in the place where the rich now are.

Our desire is not to pull down the present rulers to put our rulers in their places. We wish to abolish poverty and to provide abundance for all.

We do not call for limitations of births, for penurious thrift, and self-denial. We call for a great production that will supply all, and more than all the people can consume.”