Question

How did Emily Davison highlight the unfairness of women not having the right to vote?

• A. She threw the pamphlets in the House of People demanding Right to vote for Women.
• B. She organised a mass campaign in London.
• C. She threw herself in front of the king's horse at the 1913 Derby.
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

The correct option is C She threw herself in front of the king's horse at the 1913 Derby.

Emily Davison was one of Britain's most famous suffragettes, came from Northumberland who died after throwing herself in front of the king's horse at the 1913 Derby. . The term suffragettes used for the people who were fighting for the right to vote. She was born in London in 1882. Her ultimate sacrifice is one of the iconic images of women's battle for right to vote which was only secured in 1918.