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.