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PANKHURST, Emmeline (1857-1928). Document signed ('Emmeline Pankhurst'), a printed certificate of achievement and thanks presented to Cristina Wilson by the Women's Social and Political Union, n.p., n.d., in recognition of the 'humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex', her 'courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the Votes for Women Cause' and for being an inspiration to others; the certificate printed with an elaborate chromolithographed foliate border surmounted by a medallion depicting three angels holding a banner, 480 x 307mm, framed and glazed (some spotting and creasing).
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PANKHURST, Emmeline (1857-1928). Document signed ('Emmeline Pankhurst'), a printed certificate of achievement and thanks presented to Cristina Wilson by the Women's Social and Political Union, n.p., n.d., in recognition of the 'humiliation which you have gladly suffered for the uplifting of our sex', her 'courage in enduring a long period of privation and solitary confinement in prison for the Votes for Women Cause' and for being an inspiration to others; the certificate printed with an elaborate chromolithographed foliate border surmounted by a medallion depicting three angels holding a banner, 480 x 307mm, framed and glazed (some spotting and creasing).
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Cristina Wilson served three months in solitary confinement for the Votes for Women cause.