Sufragette Emily Davison's Death 1913

at Epsom Derby

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[ZimbaZumba]

Very sad incident. The jockey riding the horse did not have the vote either.

[robbie10able]

Rest In Peace, Emily Wilding Davison. You did Britain proud.

[JkNone]

@xSapphyKittyx The king did not listen to the women, who wanted rights. This was a way to get the message through to him.

[chazere2k8poo]

She was a complete nut case, she didn't just jump in front of this horse, she also attempted to throw herself off the balcony inside the jail that she was put into but fortunately there was a netting which caught her. She also through her self down some iron steel stairs and knocked herself out. She was bonkers!!

[Malusregnum]

@NiallCUFC93 the horse was fine

[xSapphyKittyx]

We watched this over and over today in a history lesson... Trying to work out which theory was more likely:

She was trying to commit suicide

She was trying to cross the track

She was trying to protest by attaching the suffragettes flag (G.W.V) to the kings horse...

We ended up deciding that it was a mix of the first and last theory, that she was trying to protest by throwing herself under the horse, though maybe not die, maybe she just wanted to be injured...

And she's a martyr. Not foolish.

[robbie10able]

@brnleague99 she wasn't foolish - she sacrificed herself for the good of british women.

[brnleague99]

@robbie10able Tell me why a woman foolish enough to get run over by a horse should have the right to vote again?

[SamuraiX496]

all you saying that she's crazy or a psycho and all that, it's only because your lives are so perfect that you have never felt strongly enough bout anything that matters to be willing to lay down your life for your beliefs.

RIP Emily Davidson you did something great for the people of Britain

[NiallCUFC93]

She killed the horse. The horrible bitch.

[clevelandsteamland]

@robbie10able naoooooooooooooooo u soggy guy

[APerson1417]

@AlyandAJxx I'm sorry but you blatantly have not studied the women's suffrage movement in depth, because if you had you would know that the violent actions of the Suffragettes merely strengthened men's claims that women were unstable, and not to be trusted, and therefore shouldn't be given the vote. Only the Suffragists (the peaceful reformers) were helpful, and frankly, it was the admirable behaviour of women during WW1 that won them the vote. The Suffragettes were ridiculous and destructive.