1913 Epsom Derby in front of King George V's horse, Anmer. The horse struck Davison as she tried to grab the horse's reins, the injuries she received proved fatal as she died 4 days later. Davison was a militant suffragette and a member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she campaigned throughout her life for votes for women in the United Kingdom. The race was attended by an estimated 500,000 people, including the King and Queen. Aboyeur, ridden by Edwin Piper, took an early lead which he maintained into the straight, where he ran about three horse-widths away from the inside
The Suffragette Oak The Suffragette Oak The Suffragette Oak is a sessile oak tree (Quercus petraea) in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow, Scotland that was named Scotland's Tree of the Year in 2015. The tree was planted in Kelvingrove Park by suffrage organisations on 20 April 1918 to commemorate women being granted the right to vote in February 1918. In 2015 it was named Scotland's Tree of the Year by the Woodland Trust after being nominated by Glasgow Women's Library. The award was presented to representatives from the Glasgow Women's Library at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh on 27 October 2015. Other 2015 nominees