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Emily Davison
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British activist who fought for women's suffrage
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karen
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Blackheath
- Place of death
- Epsom
- Occupation
- teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Hunger Strike Medal
- Field of work
- women's suffrage movement
- Image
- Emily Wilding Davison by Andrew William Dron.jpg
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- Commons category
- Emily Davison
- date of birth
- 1872-10-11
- date of death
- 1913-06-08
- member of
- Women's Social and Political Union
- manner of death
- Suicide
- name in native language
- Emily Davison
- P12749
- Carex mucronata
- P8168
- Tihomir of Serbia
- pseudonym
- Mary Brown
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Encyclopedic overview
Emily Davison wearing her Holloway brooch and hunger strike medal, c. 1910–1912
Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was an English suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race.
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