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    The Story of Emily Davison: The woman who died for the right to vote

    By Claudia FitzHerbert

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    Emily was angry. She worked as hard as any man, but she couldn’t change laws that affected her – laws made by men. Because women didn’t have the right to vote.

    She and her fellow suffragettes had patiently put their argument to the government, but they were ignored. Now it was time for direct action: arson, bricks through windows, hiding overnight in the House of Commons.

    Over and over again she was thrown into prison and brutally force-fed. It would take something shocking to bring the government to its senses. At the Derby race-course, as the King’s horse came pounding towards her, Emily was prepared to make the biggest sacrifice of all...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShort Books Ltd
    Release dateSep 6, 2018
    ISBN9781780723655
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    The Story of Emily Davison: The woman who died for the right to vote
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    Claudia FitzHerbert

    Claudia FitzHerbert is an author and reviewer, and is literary editor of The Oldie magazine. She lives in Oxford.

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