Emily Davison

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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...