Emily Davison Emily Davison Emily Wilding Davison (11 October 1872 – 8 June 1913) was a suffragette who fought for votes for women in Britain in the early twentieth century. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) and a militant fighter for her cause, she was arrested on ten occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force fed on forty-nine occasions. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race. Davison grew up in a middle-class family, and studied at Royal Holloway
Edith Mansell-Moullin ill from lack of food, but then re-imprisoned them as soon as they had sufficiently recovered. That same year, Dr. Mansel Moullin performed surgery on Emily Davison after she was trampled by King George V's horse at The Derby, though he was unable to save her. Mansel Moullin resigned from the WSPU, in part because of its decision to suspend anti-government protests during the war. As a pacifist, Mansel Moullin neither supported the war, nor believed that social responsibility should be suspended. Disturbed by the practice of arresting German mine workers who were working in Welsh mines, causing the minor's