Launch meeting of campaign to honour the death of Emily Wilding Davison, who died fighting for votes for women
Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers
Dr Diane Atkinson Author and Curator on Suffragettes
Dr Atkinson is the author of ‘Suffragettes in Pictures’ and ‘Funny Girls: Cartooning for Equality’. She curated a major exhibition on the suffragettes at the Museum of London in 1992, and wrote her MA dissertation on Emily Wilding Davison.
Dr Helen Pankhurst, granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst
Peter Barratt, great grandson of Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins
Katherine Connelly Campaign Co ordinator and Author of Biography of Sylvia Pankhurst
Chair:
Sanum Ghafoor, activist video blogger
To add your name to the campaign or for more information visit http://emilywildingdavison.org/
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