The Life of Emily Davison.

COLMORE, G. [Gertrude Baillie-Weaver; Emily Duval].

$1,250.00

Item Number: 135208

Kingsway, W.C.: The Woman's Press, 1913.

First edition of Gertrude Colmore’s brief biography of Emily Wilding Davison. Octavo, original publisher’s wrappers, frontispiece portrait of Davison. Association copy, from the library of fellow English suffragette Emily Duval with her ownership inscription, “Emily D. Duvall Given to her by Mrs. Green Dec. 17th 1913.” Like Davison, Emily Duval was a militant petitioner in the fight for women’s voting rights and was imprisoned several times. Publishing as Gertrude Colmore, American writer and suffragist Gertrude Baillie-Weaver was active when the suffragettes were most militant. In 1911, she published her best-known work, Suffragette Sally, which furthered the cause of the women’s movement by gaining empathy from its readers. In near fine condition. Rare with three copies traced in auction records. 

English suffragette Emily Wilding Davison a militant fighter in the fight for women's voting rights in early 20th century England. A member of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), she was arrested on nine occasions, went on hunger strike seven times and was force-fed on forty-nine occasions. Davison was a staunch feminist and passionate Christian, and considered that socialism to be a moral and political force for good. She died after being hit by King George V's horse Anmer at the 1913 Derby when she walked onto the track during the race and much of her life has been interpreted through the manner of her death.