☻ ☺ ☻ ☺ It seems strange, having seen the comments and furore in the run up to the November Mid-Term Elections, that only a short time ago women didn't have the VOTE... and depending on your viewpoint, what went wrong?♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ABOUT: The Suffragettes♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠Emmeline Pankhurst's foundation of the Women's Social and Political Union in 1903 marked the start of a radical new phase in the fight to win the right to vote for British women. The campaign would send shock waves throughout the polite society of the Edwardian drawing room and provoke civil disobedience on a massive scale.♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠Synopsis...♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠In 1913, dramatist St John Ervine was working as a journalist. In this short excerpt from 'Time to Remember', he describes how, while reporting on the Epsom Derby, he witnessed a young woman, in a state of agitation, throw herself under the King's horse. He discovered later that the woman was Emily Davison, who became a martyr for the suffragette movement.Running in front of the horse, screaming, "Votes For Women", Davidson was no angel. To fight for the vote she had previously set fire to buildings, Postboxes and whilst in prison she went on hunger strikes claiming, "I won't eat if you don't let me out", as she believed that law was nothing to do with her because she never got the vote who chose that law.Emily Davison supported a just cause, but she did some very violent things to support it. For example, she planted a bomb at the Chancellor's house earlier in 1913. That is why some would say that her death served her right.According to some historians she was trying to attach the suffragette scarf onto the kings horse and got trampled. Others say she purposely ran in front to attempt to stop the kings horse... The most popular belief is that it was inbetween the two, that she tried to attach the scarf and to prove a point she deliberately stood blocking its path.It is important to note that many men at that time did not have the vote, either. Including working class men and the policeman who runs over to help her...This clip shows the dramatic events of 1913 when Emily Davison threw herself under the King's horse. Woman For Vote vs Horse Running At 40 mph... place your bets, Ladies and Gentlemen...♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠ ♦ ♠