Sylvia Pankhurst · L’Ordine Nuovo

Name: Sylvia Pankhurst
Born: 5 May 1882, Old Trafford, Manchester, England
Died: 27 September 1960, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Aliases: Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst; E. Sylvia Pankhurst; E. Silvia Pankhurst; Silvia Pankhurst; S. Pankhurst
Position in 1919–1920: Socialist and suffrage organizer; editor of the Workers’ Dreadnought; international correspondent
Affiliations: Workers’ Socialist Federation; Workers’ Dreadnought; formerly Women’s Social and Political Union and East London Federation of Suffragettes
Council delegate: unknown
Bio: Pankhurst linked women’s suffrage with working-class organization in London’s East End and broke with the WSPU leadership in 1914. Her movement opposed the war and organized practical support such as cheap meals, childcare and employment for women. By 1918 it had become the Workers’ Socialist Federation, and her newspaper advocated soviet organization. She corresponded with Lenin and traveled among European socialist movements in 1919, later contesting parliamentary tactics at the Communist International. Her London letter to L’Ordine Nuovo reports labor unrest and criticizes the distance between official leaders and workers.
Articles: 6
Indexed full catalog cards · Issues I.1, I.2, I.3, I.4, I.5, I.6, I.7, I.8, I.9, I.10, I.11, I.12, I.13, I.14, I.15, I.16, I.17, I.18, I.19, I.20, I.21, I.22, I.23, I.24, I.25, I.26, I.27, I.28, I.29, I.30, I.31, I.32, I.33, I.34, I.35, I.36, I.37, I.38, I.39, I.40, I.41, I.42, I.43, II.1, II.2, II.3, II.4, II.5, II.6. Coauthored cards count once for each named author. Serialized installments are counted as separate issue cards.
Brief records / quotations: 0 · Separate from the Articles count.
Other Notes: Later an opponent of fascism and colonial aggression against Ethiopia; moved to Ethiopia in 1956. Advocacy of soviets and attendance at international congresses do not establish an elected factory-council mandate. The Italian signature Silvia is retained on the card.

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