Emily Davison was a suffragette who fought for votes for women in the United Kingdom in the early twentieth century.

• Born in 11 October 1872

• She was a member of the Women’s Social and Political Union

• She was arrested 9 times while trying to get attention for her cause in different ways

• While in prison she went on hunger strike 7 times!

• Was force fed on 49 occasions

• One time she even barricaded herself in her cell so the guards  tried to flood her out.

• She died after stepping out in front of Kind George V’s horse during the 1913 Empson Derby

• Her coffin was carried through London with 5,000 suffragettes next to it.

• 50,000 people were lining the streets  during the ceremony