Miss Sylvia Pankhurst pacifies the baby

Postcard with photograph of Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) cardling a baby. Beneath is printed 'Miss Sylvia Pankhurst pacifies the baby, The East London Federation of Suffragettes'. The Mother's Arms was a creche for working class mothers run by the ELFS in a disused pub previously called the Gunmakers Arms.
Sylvia was a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union, the suffragette organisation led by her mother Emmeline Pankhurst and sister Christabel. Sylvia was imprisoned on many occasions for her suffragette activities. However, her commitment to improving the lives of working class women led her to break away from the WSPU to form the East London Federation of Suffragettes. The ELFS set up nurseries, baby clinics and restaurants to help working people in the area.