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The
Pankhurst
Centre,
60–62
Nelson
Street,
Manchester,
is
a
pair
of
Victorian
villas,
of
which
No.
62
was
the
home
of
Emmeline
Pankhurst
and
her
daughters
Sylvia,
Christabel
and
Adela[1]
and
the
birthplace
of
the
suffragette
movement
in
1903.
The
Pankhurst's
villas
now
form
a
centre
that
is
a
women-only
space
which
creates
a
unique
environment
for
women
to
learn
together,
work
on
projects
and
socialise.
It
is
a
Grade
II*
listed
building
as
of
10
June
1974.
It
also
contains
a
museum,
The
Pankhurst
Parlour,
which
has
become
a
memorial
to
the
suffragette
movement.
Its
Edwardian
style
furnishings
evoke
the
home
of
Mrs
Pankhurst
and
her
daughters.
The
Parlour
was
the
first
room
in
the
Pankhurst
Centre
to
be
redecorated
and
was
the
centre
of
attraction
when
Barbara
Castle
and
Helen
Pankhurst
opened
the
Centre
on
10
October
1987.
The
Women's
Social
and
Political
Union
was
founded
in
the
parlour
of
Emmeline
Pankhurst's
home
in
October
1903.
The
Pankhurst
Centre
is
run
by
volunteers
and
receives
no
public
funding,
relying
solely
on
donations.
The
Representation
of
the
People
Act
1918
gave
the
vote
to
all
men
aged
21
and
over
and
women
aged
30
and
over
who
met
certain
property
qualifications.
In
its
centenary
year
calls
were
made
to
fund
the
Pankhurst
Centre
to
make
it
a
major
museum
that
tells
the
story
of
women's
suffrage
and
the
women's
rights
movement.
62
Nelson
Street
was
the
home
of
Emmeline
Pankhurst
at
the
time
she
founded
the
Women's
Social
and
Political
Union
in
1903.
She
moved
there
after
the
death
of
her
husband,
Richard
Pankhurst
in
1898.
The
Pankhurst
Centre
suffered
a
break-in
on
1
October
2019.
Since
then,
donations
have
been
made
to
repair
the
damage,
including
£10000
from
The
Cooperative
Group.
In
2018,
a
newly
designed
garden,
designed
by
Janet
Leigh
(a
garden
designer
based
in
Stockport),
was
opened
at
the
Pankhurst
Centre
in
September
2018.
The
garden
to
mark
the
centenary
of
Votes
for
Women,
and
acknowledges
the
work
of
suffragettes.
The
garden
was
funded
by
an
outsourcing
campaign,
with
over
500
people
contributing
over
£24,000
in
2017.
The
garden
also
provides
a
relaxation
space
for
the
women
and
children
residents
of
Manchester
Women's
Aid.
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