{"id":4468,"date":"2016-06-08T19:33:23","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T19:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4468"},"modified":"2016-06-08T22:14:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T22:14:07","slug":"emily-davison-tribute-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katewilloughby.co.uk\/?p=4468","title":{"rendered":"Emily Davison & the suffragette legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Emilymatters<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/a>is a\u00a0social media campaign, inspired by suffragette Emily Davison<\/strong><\/a><\/span>,\u00a0that champions gender equality and has a specific focus on voting matters.\u00a0See our\u00a0#Emilymatters<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0page to find out more about what we do.<\/p>\n

On 8th June 1913<\/strong>, four days after her brave Derby Day protest, Emily Davison<\/span><\/strong> died at Epsom Cottage hospital.<\/p>\n

We paid tribute to Emily<\/strong> <\/span>and honoured her memory on Saturday at the Epsom Derby, by taking a positive voting matters and \u00a0register to vote messsage<\/span><\/a><\/strong> on social media (with a Thunderclap<\/a><\/strong><\/span>) and at the racecourse<\/a><\/strong><\/span> itself.<\/p>\n

Whilst<\/span> Emily Davison’s<\/strong><\/span>\u00a01913 Epsom Derby protest remains a controversial act, with some arguing that it damaged the case for women\u2019s suffrage,\u00a0women\u2019s suffrage expert V<\/strong>. Irene Cockroft<\/strong>, re-examines what happened on that fateful Derby day in her guest post<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for us.<\/p>\n

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