Emily Wilding Davison

Question 1

When did the Derby take place that year?

Answer 1

5th June 1913

Question 2

What is the Derby?

Answer 2

A popular horse race which even had some of the royal family entering.

Question 3

What place did the Kings horse come?

Answer 3

3rd to last

Question 4

What did Emily do?

Answer 4

Jumped in front of the Kings horse and died.

Question 5

What did people think Emily did?

Answer 5

Killed herself after shouting ‘Votes for Women’.

Question 6

When did she die and from what?

Answer 6

8th June 1913 from heart injuries

Question 7

Accident- When was she born?

Answer 7

1872

Question 8

Accident- How old was she when she died?

Answer 8

40

Question 9

Accident- What did she have on her when she died?

Answer 9

A return ticket to London, a helpers pass for the Suffragette Fate.

Question 10

Suicide- How long was she sentenced in prison for in 1912?

Answer 10

6 months

Question 11

Suicide- What did she do during her time in prison?

Answer 11

Try to kill herself

Question 12

Suicide- What did she write in an article in 1913?

Answer 12

That it would be glorious to die for friends.

Question 13

Suicide- What did she often do in the WSPU?

Answer 13

Act on her own.

Question 14

For accident

Answer 14

She was assumed to be holding a scarf which said votes for women on it that she wanted it pin on the kings horse so he could cross the finish line with votes for women on it. She had a return ticket so why would she buy one if she didn’t plan on returning?

Question 15

For suicide

Answer 15

If she tried to kill herself in prison and failed, she would obviously try to kill herself again. She also said it would be glorious to die for friends.