Suffragette Emily Davidson sacrifices life for cause at Derby horse race

Category
Human Rights
Place
United Kingdom
Date
1913
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"To many, Emily Davison was an unbalanced suffragette whose suicide at the Derby was typically neurotic. Yet it is possible that she was securing publicity for her cause simply by pulling up the king's horse." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

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Womens' Rights
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2020
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