Emily Davison

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Is there a difference between a suffragist and a suffragette?

Learn how Constance Lytton became Jane Wharton for her struggle for women's right to vote in Britain

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Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

Women casting their vote in New York City, c. 1920s. At Fifty-sixth and Lexington Avenue, the women voters showed no ignorance or trepidation, but cast their ballots in a businesslike way that bespoke study of suffrage."

Voting in the U.S.A.

London Big Ben from Trafalgar Square traffic in UK

11 Lesser-Known, Mostly Contemporary Paintings You Should Hunt Down the Next Time You’re in London

Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her daughter, Harriot--from a daguerreotype 1856

Celebrating Elizabeth Cady Stanton at 200

A young black girl voting on election day

Pro and Con: Lowering the Voting Age in the United States

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Statue of Nostradamus

Nostradamus and His Prophecies

Close-up of tobacco plants in Ontario, Canada. Tobacco, Nicotiana, cured leaves used after processing in various ways for smoking, snuffing, chewing, and extracting of nicotine.

7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants

Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

United States electoral college map showing number of electoral votes by state.

How Does the Electoral College Work?

Nero (Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) (ad 50-54) the fifth Roman emperor (ad 54-68), stepson and heir of the emperor Claudius.

Did Nero Really Fiddle as Rome Burned?

Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Emily Davison: Media

British activist

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Is there a difference between a suffragist and a suffragette?

Is there a difference between a suffragist and a suffragette?

We wouldn't blame you for thinking they were synonyms.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Learn how Constance Lytton became Jane Wharton for her struggle for women's right to vote in Britain

Learn how Constance Lytton became Jane Wharton for her struggle for women's right to vote in Britain

The struggle for women's right to vote in British parliamentary elections, part 2.

Video: © UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Emily Davison

Emily Davison

Emily Davison and George V's horse after their collision at the Epsom Derby, 1913.

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