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Women's Day service for local suffragette

A church service is being held in Northumberland today, as part of International Women’s Day, to celebrate the memory of suffragette Emily Davison. She died after throwing herself in front of a racehorse at the Epsom Derby in 1913 to draw attention to the campaign for votes for women. The service will be held at St Mary’s Church in Morpeth, where she is buried. In June 1913 the campaigner was struck by Anmer, the King’s horse, and died from her injuries four days later.

Tom Saunders, Northumberland County Council chairman, said: “It is appropriate we continue to celebrate International Women’s Day by paying tribute to Emily Wilding Davison, who fought long and hard for what she believed in.”

International Women’s Day was marked for the first time in 1911 in support of the movement for women’s rights, including women’s right to vote. For more information visit www.internationalwomensday.com.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .