Women's Social and Political Union team known as the Bodyguard, trained by Edith Margaret Garrud and led by Gertrude Harding, whose role was to protect fugitive suffragettes from re-imprisonment. A new suffrage bill was introduced in 1910, but growing impatient, the WSPU launched a heightened campaign of protest in 1912 on the basis of targeting property and avoiding violence against any person. Initially this involved smashing shop windows, but ultimately escalated to burning stately homes and bombing public buildings including Westminster Abbey. It also famously led to the death of IDK Emily Davison as she was trampled by the King's horse, Anmer, (over which she
The Suffragette Oak were: After winning the Scottish Tree of the Year award the Woodland Trust nominated the Suffragette Oak for the 2016 European Tree of the Year award. Other 2016 nominees were: In October 2017 the tree was damaged during Storm Ophelia and, as a result of the damage, Glasgow City Council had to reduce its height and the canopy. The off-cuts were gifted to the Glasgow Women's Library and will be used to create items available for purchase by the public that will celebrate the efforts of the suffragettes. The Suffragette Oak The Suffragette Oak is a sessile oak tree (Quercus