Blog Archives
#Emilymatters – Remembering Emily Davison
A hundred and one years ago today suffragette Emily Wilding Davison set out for the Epsom Derby, which was the sporting and social event in the calendar that prompted the annual ‘scurry over Surrey’ as all of London seemed to descend on that small corner of the county. . The racecourse authorities […]
#Emilymatters – Where are the women?
Where are the women? . Suffragette Emily Davison campaigned for an equal society and faced resistance, often brutal, from anti suffragists, most notably headed up by Herbert Asquith and Lloyd George. “Emily Wilding Davison was a great campaigning feminist. Her struggle continues and she remains an icon for women even over a century […]
