Source A Emily Wilding Davison
1 Read Source B. Do you agree that the prison authorities were wrong to use a fire hose on Emily Davison when she had barricaded the door of her cell? Give reasons for your answer.
Emily Wilding Davison was a gifted individual who was one of the first women to be educated at Oxford, where she achieved first-class honours in English. In 1906, she joined the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and became an activist in the women’s suffrage movement.
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