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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Emily Davison (pictured) is remembered as the suffragette who died under the King's horse, but historian Maureen Howes has said there is more to her death than it seems.

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.