The forgotten Emily Davision.

1. Done by Princessofislam

2. 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.

3. • 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

4. 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.

5. • 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.

6. EMILY
DAVISON

7. • 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.

8. EMILY’S PRISON RECORD
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March 30th 1909
One month in prison for
obstruction
July 30th 1909
Two months in prison for
obstruction
September 4th 1909
Two months for stone throwing
at White City, Manchester
October 20th 1909
One month for stone throwing at
Radcliffe near Manchester
November 19th 1910
One month for breaking
windows in the House of
Commons
January 10th 1912
Six 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 (PM)

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

10. She died on a
horse racing

11. 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.
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