Emily Wilding Davison1906
Joins the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Great Britain · Politics / WPSU. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Joins the Womens Social and Political Union (WSPU)
Davison hides in a cupboard in the Palace of Westminster overnight so that on the census form she could legitimately give her place of residence that night as the "House of Commons", Tony Benn Member of Parliament placed a plaque there to commemorate the event
Steps out in front of the King's horse, Anmer, as it rounded Tattenham Corner in the Derby, with Davison carrying the banner of the WSPU
Herbert Jones, the jockey who was riding the King's horse, suffers a mild concussion in the incident, but is "haunted by that womans face" much longer
Plants a bomb at Lloyd George's newly built house in Surrey, damaging it severely
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