Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence was a prominent figure in the British suffragette movement and a passionate social reformer. She was a leader in the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), an organization that fought for the right
Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Baroness Pethick-Lawrence was a British women's rights activist, suffragist and pacifist. She was a leading member and treasurer of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), organised WSPU's first Week of Self-Denial and founded and edited the publication Votes for Women. She was ousted from the WSPU for her opposition to more militant action and founded the United Suffragists. She was one of the first members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and she led a campaign against the naval blockade on Germany during World War I.