Suffragette honoured in Morpeth
Famed North East suffragette Emily Davison will be honoured in the Northumberland town where she is laid to rest at a special church service.
The service will be held in St Mary’s Church, Morpeth – where Emily is buried in the graveyard – as part of International Women’s Day on Friday March 6.
It will remember the contribution made by her and the wider suffragette movement to secure the vote for women.
The service, which starts at 12.30pm and will be led by the Rev Terry Moat, will include a reading by county councillor Anita Romer, an address by county council deputy chief executive Jill Dixon and the choir Werca’s Folk singing Tribute to Emily.
Afterwards, county council chairman Ian Tompkins and members of the congregation will lay flowers on Emily’s grave on behalf of the authority and the people of Northumberland.
International Women’s Day was marked for the first time in 1911 in support of the movement for women’s rights, including their right to vote.
Emily Davison, whose family lived in Longhorsley near Morpeth, was an active member of the suffragette movement. She died in June 1913 after running out in front of the King’s horse, Anmer, during the Epsom Derby.
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