Suffragette Arson Hurst Park
Suffragette Arson Hurst Park. Shows the destroyed Grand Stand at Hurst Park Racecourse, 8th June 1913, caused by an arson attack by militant suffragettes Kitty Marion (1871-1944) and Betty Giveen. Marion wrote later, the Grand Stand would make a most appropriate beacon to commemorate Emily Wilding Davison's actions at the Epsom Derby. Davison died later that day
Picture No
10810352
Media ID
44894170
Size
3000px x 1907px
(922KB)
Credit
© The March of the Women Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph, by Young's Teddington on Postcard
Date
1913
