The Story of Emily Davison

The Story of Emily Davison The Woman Who Died for the Right to Vote - Great Lives

Hardback (06 Sep 2018)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Emily was angry. She worked as hard as any man, but she couldn't change laws that affected her - laws made by men. Because women didn't have the right to vote. She and her fellow suffragettes had patiently put their argument to the government, but they were ignored. Now it was time for direct action: arson, bricks through windows, hiding overnight in the House of Commons. Over and over again she was thrown into prison and brutally force-fed. It would take something shocking to bring the government to its senses. At the Derby race-course, as the King's horse came pounding towards her, Emily was prepared to make the biggest sacrifice of all...

Book information

ISBN: 9781780723648
Publisher: Short Books
Imprint: Short Books
Pub date:
DEWEY: 324.623092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 96
Weight: 188g
Height: 174mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 13mm