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Emily Davison red plaque

Commemorative plaque
Emily Davison red plaque
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This red commemorative plaque records: From this house Emily Wilding Davison suffragette set out for The Derby, Epsom-June 1913. Fight on, God will the victory. Votes for women.
Emily Davison was a British suffragette who fought for women's voting rights; she is remembered for her radical activism and for stepping in front of the king’s horse at The Derby in 1913, an act that led to her death and drew significant attention to the suffrage movement.

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