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1913 Epsom Derby. Craganour (3rd from left) and Aboyeur (4th from left) get in each others' way. The 1913 Epsom Derby, sometimes referred to as "The Suffragette Derby", was a horse race which took place at Epsom Downs on 4 June 1913. It was the 134th running of the Derby. The race was won, controversially, by Aboyeur at record 100–1 odds.
One great landmark in the history of Pathe scoops was one of their cameras capturing the extreme sacrifice by the suffragette Emily Davison. In the blink of an eye, Davison runs from the crowds and throws herself under the King's horse. Crowds of people run on to the track to try and help both the fallen rider and Davison.
The commander of the regiment was Viscount Helmsley, who was an outspoken opponent of women's suffrage. [5] This example is also the latest of the coins, minted in 1913, which gives a likely date of defacement, as most suffragette activity ceased with the outbreak of World War I the following year. [4]
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 ...
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One-time suffragette and anti-war supporter Alice Wheeldon is widely held ... of Derby, was convicted of plotting to kill David Lloyd George in 1917, during the war, and was jailed for 10 years ...
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