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The Croydon women who laid down their lives for equality

Posted on June 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

Tomorrow, June 4, marks the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Derby, in which militant suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was killed after she ran into the path of the king’s horse at Epsom racecourse. LEE WEBSTER has researched Croydon women’s part in … Continue reading →

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