{"id":2137,"date":"2014-06-15T15:15:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-15T15:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2014-06-15T15:19:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-15T15:19:32","slug":"emilymatters-v-irene-cockroft-overlooked-detail-sheds-light-on-1913-derby-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=2137","title":{"rendered":"#Emilymatters – V. Irene Cockroft: Overlooked detail sheds light on 1913 Derby protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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G U E S T\u00a0\u00a0 B L O G\u00a0\u00a0 P O S T\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is an updated version of women’s suffrage expert, V. Irene Cockroft’s guest blog post, which was first posted in 2013.<\/em><\/p>\n

Emily Wilding Davison<\/strong>\u2019s brave Epsom Derby protest remains a controversial act, with some arguing to this day that it damaged the case for women\u2019s suffrage.<\/p>\n

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Votes for Women: Sabina Arthur & Katie Russell, To Freedom\u2019s Cause cast members, RADA
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In 2013 more evidence came to light to suggest that Emily had every intention of returning from the Derby victorious, having carried out her assignment. We will of course never know for sure.<\/p>\n

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However, an overlooked detail that women\u2019s suffrage expert V. Irene Cockroft<\/strong> brought to my attention is one of the strongest pieces of evidences to suggest what Emily\u2019s true intentions might have been.<\/p>\n

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Emily Wilding Davison<\/p><\/div>\n

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Overlooked detail sheds light on 1913 Derby protest<\/strong><\/p>\n

By V. Irene Cockroft<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The inquest jury set great store by Emily Wilding Davison\u2019<\/strong>s buying a return train ticket, Epsom Racecourse to Victoria. The value was not insignificant. The return ticket cost 3s\/6d in 1913. The equivalent fare today is \u00a36.60 each way or \u00a313.20 return.<\/p>\n

When after the collision with the King\u2019s horse Emily was taken unconscious to Epsom Cottage Hospital, the police officer in charge listed the coins in her purse as amounting to 3s\/8d three-farthings.\u00a0 Comparing this with the cost of the rail ticket, Emily\u2019s coins would represent about \u00a314 today.<\/p>\n

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Emily Wilding Davison\u2019s purse and return ticket on display at a
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In 1913 Derby race-goers could expect to find gypsy children all over the course, begging for pennies. Given Emily\u2019s known love of children and generous nature, even had she been badly depressed which all the evidence shows that she was not, (her friend Mary Richardson\u2019s eye-witness account states that Emily was smiling to herself just before she darted under the safety rail*), it would have been characteristic of Emily to have given all her change to children if she felt she had no further need of it.<\/p>\n

Remember the story of Emily\u2019s exuberant throwing of Black Bullet sweets to Longhorsley village children when she learned she had passed her Oxford University exam?\u00a0 If she felt she could afford it, could Emily have resisted the pleasure of bestowing on fourteen impoverished children the equivalent of \u00a31 a-piece?<\/p>\n

*Sleight, J, One-way Ticket to Epsom<\/i>, P.16<\/p>\n

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ART, THEATRE and WOMEN\u2019S SUFFRAGE
\u2013 Irene Cockroft & Susan Croft<\/p><\/div>\n

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By V. Irene\u00a0Cockroft
\n<\/strong>Guest curator of Dying for the Vote <\/strong>exhibition commemorating the 2013 centenary of the death at Epsome of suffragette Emily Wilding Davison; Bourne Hall Museum, Borough of Epsom & Ewell.
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In performance: \u2018To Freedom\u2019s Cause\u2019 by Kate Willoughby in the House of Commons
Cast (L to R): Kyra Williams, Fiona Geddes, Kate Willoughby, Eleanor Dennison, Darren Godbold.
Photo: Brian Astbury, 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

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Irene has been very supportive of ‘To Freedom’s Cause’<\/strong>, having seen much of the R&D work over the past three years. Her advice and extensive knowledge have been invaluable to the play\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI have followed with interest and pleasure the progress of your topical, insightful play from the early, struggling days of its incarnation …
\nMay ‘To Freedom\u2019s Cause’<\/strong> be just as welcome and popular a teaching resource, one hundred years hence.\u201d
\n– V. Irene Cockroft<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kate Willoughby<\/strong>
\nActor & Writer of Emily Wilding Davison play To Freedom’s Cause<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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#Emilymatters<\/strong> promotes using the right to vote as well as highlighting gender equality issues & \u00a0supporting campaigns that seek to redress the balance.<\/p>\n

#Emilymatters<\/strong> was created as part of the social media campaign to promote \u2018To Freedom\u2019s Cause\u2019 the campaign for equality \u2013 still worth fighting for?\u2019<\/strong> event at the House of Commons<\/strong> in February 2014.<\/p>\n

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‘To Freedom’s Cause’<\/strong> should be seen by every woman and teenage girl.
\nAnd by anyone who couldn\u2019t be bothered to vote. Moving, stirring & passionate.
\n<\/i>–\u00a0 Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 4, Woman\u2019s Hour presenter<\/b>
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There are some exciting developments in the pipeline, with regards to my Emily Davison<\/strong> play \u2018To Freedom\u2019s Cause\u2019<\/strong><\/a> and #Emilymatters<\/strong>, so please do keep in touch.<\/p>\n

You can get a weekly summary of worldwide gender equality issues with the To Freedom\u2019s Cause & Other #Emilymatters\u00a0paper.li<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0newsletter as well as updates on the play and future Kate Willoughby Productions<\/strong> & #Emilymatters<\/strong> projects.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Emily Davison\u2019s legacy is for\u00a0life<\/em>, not just for 2013.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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