Emily Wilding Davison: centennial celebrations

2014/05/12 by Elizabeth Crawford · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Archaeology #Art #Art history #Centennial #Cultural History and Identity Formation #Drama #George (robot) #Historical Gender and Feminism Studies #History #Irish and British Studies #Literature

paper · doi:10.1080/09612025.2014.906961

openalex publication_date 2014/05/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

The centenary of the death of the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was marked in the summer of 2013 by an impressive variety of commemorative activity. This Viewpoint discusses a few of the events staged and books published, considering the way in which Emily Davison is now presented to us. Has her reality become obscured by the drama of her death?

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• Emily Davison [wikipedia]

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