Emmeline Pankhurst is that she also had a second career as an interior designer. During the 1890s she worked as a newspaper advice columnist - giving housewives tips on how to decorate their homes.And as you might expect from the woman who took on the British establishment, the forthright Mrs Pankhurst didn't mince her words.
The Moss Side -born suffragette leader began writing for the Manchester-based temperance movement Alliance newspaper in the early 1890s.
At the time she was trying to establish a fabric shop in London and it's thought she took on the newspaper gig as a way to publicise the business and boost her finances.Entitled 'The Temperance Home Circle', the column dished out advice to middle and working class women planning a.
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