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Emily davison
WOMAN
SUFFRAGETTE
Lola and Clara
EMILY DAVISON
1. Emily Wilding Davison
Her father, Charles Davison, was a businessman. Emily was educated at Kensington High School. She went on to study literature at Royal Holloway College until her father's death (in 1893). She had to abandon her studies, because her mother did not have enough money. She became a governess and then a teacher at Edgbaston and Worthing. Emily then returned to school at St Hugh's College, Worthing University outside working hours. She graduated in 1897.
- She was born on the 11 october 1872 in Blackheath
- She was a member of Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU)
- She died on 8 June 1913 in Epsom
EMILY DAVISON
2. Commitment to the WSPU
Emily Davison was a governess in a Berkshire family until 1906, when she joined an organisation campaigning for women's right to vote in the united kingdom the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. From 1909, she earned a living writing for magazines such as "Votes for Women", the diary of WSPU. Davison was imprisoned nine times or acts of disobedience. In 1912, she served a six-month sentence for setting fire to letterboxes. (acts of protest) .
EMILY DAVISON
3. The Fight
When Emily was in prison, she went on hunger strike. So she was force-fed, 49 times. To denounce this practice, she threw herself into the prison stairwell. She injured her spine. Several days later she explained:
"In my mind was the thought that some desperate protest must be made to put a stop to the hideous torture which was now being our lot. "
EMILY DAVISON
4. Knocked down by the king's horse
The 4th June 1913, Emily Davison is one of the 500 000 spectator of the Epsom Derby, a famous horse racing. During the race, she goes under the security fence and enters in the runways. She is knocked by the racehorse of George V. Davison is hospitalized and died of his injuries on 8 June. The raisons of her action are debated. The event was interpreted like a attempted suicide or an accident. The medical examiner concludes by a accident. Her family doubt she want commit suicide. Two flags of WSPU are found in her coat as well as an invitation to a suffragette event, this leads historians to dismiss the hypothesis of suicide.