#OtD 5 May 1882 pioneering British left communist and suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, was born in Manchester.

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#OtD 5 May 1882 pioneering British left communist and suffragette, Sylvia Pankhurst, was born in Manchester. Unlike the mainstream movement, Sylvia opposed WWI and advocated for universal suffrage as a step towards workers' revolution https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/tag/8278/sylvia-pankhurst