Emily Wilding Davison died exactly 104 years ago today fighting for women's right to vote Credit: Alamy. Davison died of her injuries four days later on June 8, 1913, aged just 40.

Emily Davison. Best known as the suffragette who was fatally injured at Epsom racecourse by the king's horse, Davison had a reputation as one of the most daring champions of direct action in the WSPU.

June 08, 2017 at 11:30am BST. 104 years ago to this day Emily Davison died, and there’s a poignant reason why people are using her name to encourage you to head to the polls.

In a shocking instant, Suffragette Emily Davison is knocked to the ground by the King's horse during the 1913 Epsom Derby. Yet take a closer look and you'll see the majority of spectators are ...

Emily Wilding Davison, were she to pop round for tea at just about any time in history, would strike you as someone who was obsessed, crazed, blinkered and probably best avoided.

Suffragette Emily Davison: The woman who would not be silenced. A hundred years ago the activist was trampled to death during the Derby. Now supporters are paying tribute to her ...

In 1913 a suffragette famously threw herself under the King’s horse at the Derby and died. But was Emily Davison an accidental martyr? Colin Brown investigates.

One hundred years after suffragette Emily Davison flung herself under the king’s horse at the Derby, Germaine Greer argues against celebrating her 'destructive' act.