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#Emilymatters – Reflections on Derby Day & the Right to Vote

#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  […]

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#Emilymatters – Remembering Emily Davison

#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 […]

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