110 jaar geleden: dood van Emily Davison
On this day in 1913 Emily Davison, a 40-year-old suffragette, who has been saluted by some as a brave martyr and attacked by others as an irresponsible anarchist, ran out in front of King George V’s horse Anmer at The Epsom Derby and was trampled. She never regained consciousness and died four days later. Many doubt that she intended to commit suicide pointing out that a return rail ticket to…














