Mary Raleigh Richardson

Standard Name: Richardson, Mary Raleigh

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4 June 1913: Women's Social and Political Union supporter...

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4 June 1913

Women's Social and Political Union supporter Emily Wilding Davison threw herself in front of the king 's horse at the Epsom Derby; she died from her injuries several days later.
Tickner, Lisa. The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907-1914. University of Chicago Press, 1988.
136
Lloyd, Trevor. Suffragettes International: The World-Wide Campaign for Women’s Rights. American Heritage Press, 1971.
89-90
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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10 March 1914: A suffragist, Mary Richardson, slashed the...

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10 March 1914

A suffragist, Mary Richardson , slashed the Rokeby Venus (the only known female nude by Velasquez , which shows Venus admiring herself in a mirror) in the National Gallery, London.
Norquay, Glenda. Voices and Votes: A Literary Anthology of the Women’s Suffrage Campaign. Manchester University Press, 1995.
xii
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1953: Mary Raleigh Richardson published her autobiography,...

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1953

Mary Raleigh Richardson published her autobiography, Laugh a Defiance, which relates her experiences as a suffragist.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.

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