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  1. 4 de jun. de 2024 · Emily Davison, British activist who became a martyr to the cause of women’s suffrage when she entered the racetrack during the 1913 Epsom Derby and moved in front of King George V’s horse, which struck her at full force. She died four days later from her injuries. Learn more about Davison’s life.

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  2. 3 de jun. de 2024 · Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison's death was a landmark event in British political history but, asks Professor June Purvis, was it an act of suicide? In June 1913, suffragette Emily Davison was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby.

  3. Hace 2 días · She is the author of two acclaimed books, Emily Wilding Davison: The Martyr Suffragette (2018) and Women in the War: The Last Heroines of Britain’s Greatest Generation (2021).

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  4. Hace 5 días · Recently discovered archive material from the De Beacker family (whose great aunt was Emily Wilding Davison) helps to rewrite history by proving that the Epsom Protest was planned by the women of Morpeth months before the race and there was no suicidal intent whatsoever.

  5. 3 de jun. de 2024 · Emily Wilding Davison. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images) For three years, Davison juggled teaching and suffrage work before devoting all her time to the women’s movement.

  6. 4 de jun. de 2024 · Emily Wilding Davison supported the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and was a radical warrior in the fight for votes for women. She was detained on nine occasions, went on hunger strikes seven times, and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions.

  7. 13 de jun. de 2024 · Today, Emily Wilding Davison (1872–1913) being trampled by the king’s horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913 is probably the most famous incident in the suffrage campaign. Yet although Davison’s death secured her legacy as a martyr for the cause, it is debated as to whether she intended the fatal consequences of her actions.