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“My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy that great disasters only happen to other people.”

Quote by Sylvia Pankhurst

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Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst was a British suffragette leader and women's rights activist. Born on May 5, 1882, and died on September 27, 1960, she is best known for her leadership in the women's suffrage movement in early 20th-century United Kingdom. more

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