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Ian Mason | @thedimpause

OtD 4 Jun 1913 socialist suffragette Emily Davison was seriously injured while trying to grab the King’s horse during the Derby at Epsom and died 4 days later: the 1st martyr of the movement.

HT @workingclasshistory@mastodon.social

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