Tag: Emily Inspires
#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 […]
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 […]
