Suffragettes stand up for rights by burning a grandstand

On June 13, 1913, just five days after the infamous death of Emily Wilding Davison under the king’s horse at the Derby, two Suffragettes set fire to the Hurst Park grandstand in Surrey.

One was the German-born actress Kitty Marion (1871-1944), who famously endured more than 200 force…

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