In 1913, British Royalty would come in direct contact with a changing social order, thanks to a suffragette named Emily Davison. Her death at Epsom Falls would send shockwaves through the nation.

Emily was born in 1872 in Greenwich, London. At that time women weren’t allowed to vote and choose who ran the country. Emily thought this was unfair.

When suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst died in 1928 Herbert Jones, the King's jockey, laid a wreath at her funeral in honour of both her and Emily Wilding Davison. The woman who refused to give up ...

In 1913, a suffragette called Emily Davison went to the Derby at Epsom, one of the most famous horse races in the world. She walked onto the racetrack in front of King George’s horse ...

Emily Davison didn’t think so ... She might have been trying to attach a suffragette banner to it. The horse hit her at full speed, and she died. That same year, Rosa Parks was born in Alabama ...

In 1913, a suffragette called Emily Davison went to the Derby at Epsom, one of the most famous horse races in the world. She walked onto the racetrack in front of King George’s horse ...