Adela Walsh | |
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Born | Adela Constantia Mary Pankhurst 19 June 1885 Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire, England |
Died | 23 May 1961 | (aged 75)
Nationality | British |
Citizenship | Australian |
Political party | Independent Labour Party Communist Party of Australia Australia First Movement |
Spouse | |
Children | 5 |
Parent(s) | Richard Pankhurst Emmeline Goulden |
Relatives | Christabel Pankhurst (sister) Sylvia Pankhurst (sister) Richard Pankhurst (nephew) Helen Pankhurst (great-niece) Alula Pankhurst (great-nephew) |
Adela Constantia Mary Walsh (née Pankhurst; 19 June 1885 – 23 May 1961) was a British-born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Scotland. In 1914 she moved to Australia where she continued her activism and was co-founder of both the Communist Party of Australia and the Australia First Movement.[1][2]