Liam O'Mara IV, PhD<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SylviaPankhurst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SylviaPankhurst</span></a> and her mother <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmmelinePankhurst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmmelinePankhurst</span></a> are part of my Women in History <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feminisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feminisms</span></a> project for good reason. On <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThisDayInHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThisDayInHistory</span></a> in 1913, Sylvia's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeoplesArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesArmy</span></a> held its first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunityDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityDefence</span></a> gun drill in London. The right of the oppressed to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SelfDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfDefence</span></a> is absolute.</p>