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How Sylvia Pankhurst fought tirelessly for working-class women and against fascism
RACHEL HOLMES explains how the socialist Pankhurst’s feminist internationalism developed through living in London’s exploited East End and opposing the rising tide of the far-right
Sylvia Pankhurst

SYLVIA PANKHURST and Clara Zetkin were firm friends. They met in the early 20th century through the international Women’s Socialist Organisation. 

Clara Zetkin

Campaigning together for peace during the first world war, their working alliance became a close friendship. Zetkin dedicated some of her feminist writings to Sylvia. 

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