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| On 4 June 1913, the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison ran in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby and was knocked unconscious. She died of her injuries four days later, having never regained consciousness. Acting on the suffragette slogan "Deeds not Words", Davison's protest against the refusal of Britain's rulers to grant votes for women made her a martyr for democracy and women's rights. On the 100th anniversary of this, the most famous of all suffragette protests (Report, 25 October), we call on 2013's Derby to observe a minute's silence in tribute to Emily Wilding Davison and the sacrifice she made. To add your name to the petition go to bit.ly/SqTNuq. Bonnie Greer OBE Jeanette Winterson OBE Writer Miriam Margolyes OBE Actor Frances O'Grady New TUC general secretary Tony Benn Ceri Goddard Chief executive, Fawcett Society Professor Richard Pankhurst OBE Son of Sylvia Pankhurst Rita Pankhurst Daughter-in-law of Sylvia Pankhurst Ruth Spellman OBE Chief executive, Workers Educational Association Sally Hunt General secretary, UCU Christine Blower General secretary, National Union of Teachers Megan Dobney Regional secretary, Southern and Eastern Region of the TUC Diane Abbott MP Natalie Bennett Green party leader Lindsey German Author and campaigner Vicki Baars Vice-president union development, NUS Kate Hudson General secretary, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Nina Power Senior lecturer, Roehampton University; author, One Dimensional Woman Louise Raw Historian; author of Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History Yvonne Ridley European president, International Muslim Women's Union Mel Whitter London and Eastern Region women's organiser, Unite the Union Salma Yaqoob Laurie Penny Writer Romayne Phoenix Chair, Coalition of Resistance; Green party activist Paul Mackney Former general secretary, Natfhe Peter Barratt Great-grandson of Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins Jo Rust Secretary, King's Lynn and District Trades Council Sarah Levitt Head of arts and museums, Leicester city council Clare Solomon President, University of London Union 2010-11 Elly Badcock NUS women's committee 2010-11 Mary Joannou Professor of literary history and women's writing, Anglia Ruskin University Katherine Connelly Author of forthcoming biography of Sylvia Pankhurst Jacqueline Mulhallen Actress and writer Derek Taylor Author and journalist Anne Moore Museums Officer, Woodhorn Trust Penni Blythe-Jones Director, Centre for Creative Change | On 4 June 1913, the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison ran in front of the king's horse during the Epsom Derby and was knocked unconscious. She died of her injuries four days later, having never regained consciousness. Acting on the suffragette slogan "Deeds not Words", Davison's protest against the refusal of Britain's rulers to grant votes for women made her a martyr for democracy and women's rights. On the 100th anniversary of this, the most famous of all suffragette protests (Report, 25 October), we call on 2013's Derby to observe a minute's silence in tribute to Emily Wilding Davison and the sacrifice she made. To add your name to the petition go to bit.ly/SqTNuq. Bonnie Greer OBE Jeanette Winterson OBE Writer Miriam Margolyes OBE Actor Frances O'Grady New TUC general secretary Tony Benn Ceri Goddard Chief executive, Fawcett Society Professor Richard Pankhurst OBE Son of Sylvia Pankhurst Rita Pankhurst Daughter-in-law of Sylvia Pankhurst Ruth Spellman OBE Chief executive, Workers Educational Association Sally Hunt General secretary, UCU Christine Blower General secretary, National Union of Teachers Megan Dobney Regional secretary, Southern and Eastern Region of the TUC Diane Abbott MP Natalie Bennett Green party leader Lindsey German Author and campaigner Vicki Baars Vice-president union development, NUS Kate Hudson General secretary, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Nina Power Senior lecturer, Roehampton University; author, One Dimensional Woman Louise Raw Historian; author of Striking a Light: The Bryant and May Matchwomen and their Place in History Yvonne Ridley European president, International Muslim Women's Union Mel Whitter London and Eastern Region women's organiser, Unite the Union Salma Yaqoob Laurie Penny Writer Romayne Phoenix Chair, Coalition of Resistance; Green party activist Paul Mackney Former general secretary, Natfhe Peter Barratt Great-grandson of Leicester suffragette Alice Hawkins Jo Rust Secretary, King's Lynn and District Trades Council Sarah Levitt Head of arts and museums, Leicester city council Clare Solomon President, University of London Union 2010-11 Elly Badcock NUS women's committee 2010-11 Mary Joannou Professor of literary history and women's writing, Anglia Ruskin University Katherine Connelly Author of forthcoming biography of Sylvia Pankhurst Jacqueline Mulhallen Actress and writer Derek Taylor Author and journalist Anne Moore Museums Officer, Woodhorn Trust Penni Blythe-Jones Director, Centre for Creative Change |
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