Done by Princessofislam

EMILY DAVISON• Daughter of Charles Davison and

Margaret Davison • Born at Blackheath, London in 1872 • Successful at school• Won a place at Holloway College• Had to give up because mother was

ill and could not afford fees.• Became a schoolteacher in Worthing.• Paid for herself to go to London

University • Became a private teacher• Became a suffragette, 1906. Joined

the WSPU.

• Emily Wilding Davison, was born on 11 October, 1872 , in Blackheath, London. She came from a solid middle-class Victorian background. Died on 8 June 1913

IN 1906 EMILY JOINED THE WSPU

• Women’s Social and Political Union.

• Started by Emmeline Pankhurst

• WSPU wanted votes for women.

• It was willing to use violence.

• Emily had to leave when her mother could not afford the £20 a term fees. Emily then worked as a governess till she had raised enough money to return to university. In 1895, after graduating with a first class honours degree in English Language and Literature from London University, she became a teacher in schools in Edgbaston, then in Worthing and subsequently she taught privately.

WOULD YOU KILL YOURSELF TO

GET THE VOTE?

EMILY DAVISON

• In 1906, she joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), founded by Emmeline Pankhurst. Three years later she gave up her job as a teacher and went to work full-time for the suffragette movement. She was frequently arrested for acts ranging from causing a public disturbance to burning post boxes and spent a number of short periods in jail.

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March 30th 1909 One month in prison for obstruction

July 30th 1909 Two months in prison for obstruction

September 4th 1909Two months for stone throwing at White City,

Manchester

October 20th 1909One month for stone

throwing at Radcliffe near Manchester

November 19th 1910One month for breaking windows in the House of

Commons

January 10th 1912Six months for setting fire to

postal boxes at Holloway, London

November 30th 1912

Ten days for assaulting a vicar who she mistook to be David Lloyd George

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EMILY’S PRISON RECORD

Davison was a militant suffragette who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby.

• She died on a horse racing

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IN 1906 EMILY JOINED THE WSPU

• Women’s Social and Political Union.

• Started by Emmeline Pankhurst

• WSPU wanted votes for women.

• It was willing to use violence.