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1872-1913. English militant suffragette, who
died while trying to stop the king's horse at
the Derby at Epsom (she was trampled by the
horse). She joined the Women's Social and
Political Union in 1906 and served several
prison sentences for militant action such as
stone throwing, setting fire to pillar boxes,
and bombing Lloyd George's country house. Her
coffin was carried through London draped in
the colours of the suffragette movement,
purple, white, and green. It was escorted by
2,000 uniformed suffragettes. She was a
teacher with degrees from Oxford and London
universities.