Emily Wilding Davison (1872 - June 8 1913) was an activist for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. She killed herself by throwing herself under King George V's horse at the Epsom Derby. Davison was born in Blackheath, London, and had a university education, having studied first at Royal Holloway College in London. She later studied English Language and Literature at St Hugh's College, Oxford, and obtained first-class honours in her final exams, … Wikipedia
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