June 2013
#Emilymatters – June Purvis: Emily Davison’s imprint on British history
G U E S T B L O G P O S T Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s Epsom Derby protest remains a controversial act, with some arguing to this day that it damaged the case for women’s suffrage. In the following guest blog post, June Purvis, professor of women’s & gender history at Portsmouth […]
#Emilymatters – Eileen Luscombe: the WSPU & The Great Inquest of the Nation
G U E S T B L O G P O S T . In following guest blog post, women’s suffrage expert Eileen Luscombe looks at the WSPU‘s promotion of Emily Davison as a martyr to the Cause. . The WSPU & The Great Inquest of the Nation By Eileen Luscombe. In commemorating Emily’s, […]
#Emilymatters – Reflections on Derby Day & the Right to Vote
R E F L E C T I O N S O N D E R B Y D A Y , 2 0 1 3 & T H E R I G H T T O V O T E — This blog was first posted in June 2014 […]
Herbert Jones, The Forgotten Man
The past twelve months have featured a series of fantastic events to mark suffragette Emily Wilding Davison’s brave Epsom Derby protest, including the unveiling of a memorial plaque at Epsom racecourse and The Emily Tree event for a new generation of feminists. However, very little is still known about Herbert Jones, the King’s […]
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