Emily Wilding Davison's Death for The Suffragette Cause

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Emily Wilding Davison's Death for The Suffragette Cause

Emily Wilding Davison is one of the most famous of the suffragettes.

It was Emily Wilding Davison who threw herself under the king's horse

at the derby of 1913 marking a mark in the annals of not only history,

but how women's plights of not being able to vote, were so

dramatically thrown into the public spot light. How ever even till

today, the reason for her to do this is still quite unknown. Many

questions still exist. Was she meant to perform an act that nowadays

only looks like suicide, or was she just a martyr for the suffragette

cause?

Emily Wilding Davison was appalled at the state if affairs concerning

women in a late Victorian society; she was especially angered by how

women were denied the right to vote. For example a very wealthy female

land owner could not vote however her male staff could. Emily Davison

became a follower of the suffragettes, and believed there policy of

women were being treated as second class citizens. That statement

angered Emily Wilding Davison, but was it enough to make her take her

own life at the derby in 1913?

The derby was held on the June 4th 1913, Emily Wilding Davison

achieved her place in history as she lost her life in a race at the

derby. The horses came out of Tattenham corner, the kings horse

(Anmer) was third from last, Emily Wilding Davison got underneath the

barrier and was hit by Anmer. Why would an intelligent woman perform a

tragic act of this nature? Or was she a martyr for the suffragette

cause?

Source 1 is a still from one of the set cameras on the route of the

derby; the still shows Miss Emily Wilding Davison under the king's

horse Anmer. This source is a piece of primary evidence, some of the

footage can be found in a variety of mediums today, which include

video and the internet to name a few. Filming the event was a new

concept to the 1913 derby, with it being state of the art technology.

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