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Emmeline Pankhurst is best known for which of these?

  1. aLeading the campaign for women's right to voteCorrect answer
  2. bFounding the modern profession of nursing
  3. cDesigning railways and bridges for Victorian Britain
  4. dLeading the campaign to end the slave trade

Why?

Emmeline Pankhurst, born in Manchester in 1858, founded the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903. Its members, known as Suffragettes, campaigned for women to get the vote.

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