Emily Davison Herbert Jones—and was hit by the animal, which would have been travelling at around per hour, four seconds after stepping onto the course. Anmer fell in the collision and partly rolled over his jockey, who had his foot momentarily caught in the stirrup. Davison was knocked to the ground unconscious; some reports say she was kicked in the head by Anmer, but the surgeon who operated on Davison stated that "I could find no trace of her having been kicked by a horse". The event was captured on three news cameras. Bystanders rushed onto the track and attempted to aid
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