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The Story of Emily Davison

Claudia Fitzherbert

Emily was angry. She worked as hard as any man but she couldn’t change laws that affected her – laws made by men. Because women didn’t have the right to vote. She and her fellow suffragettes had patiently put their argument to the government but they were ignored. Now it was time for direct action: arson bricks through windows hiding overnight in the House of Commons. Over and over again she was thrown into prison and brutally force-fed. It would take something shocking to bring the government to its senses. At the Derby race-course as the King’s horse came pounding towards her Emily was prepared to make the biggest sacrifice of all...>

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : SEP 6, 2018
  • Imprint : Short Books
  • Page Extent : 128
  • Binding : HB
  • ISBN : 9781780723648
  • Price : INR 575
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