On the 4th June 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was hit by King George V’s racehorse at the Epsom Derby after she stepped onto the track.
On the 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first person to make a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic when he flew 3,600 miles from New York to Paris.
Elise Raymonde Deroche was the daughter of a Parisian plumber.
Theatre in England had been banned by the Puritan Long Parliament in 1642 but, following the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, the ban was lifted.
Every New Zealand woman over the age of 21 was able to vote in the world’s first general election in a self-governing colony.
The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing all American women the right to vote.
Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.
The first ever women’s cricket match was played on Gosden Common near Guildford in Surrey.
On the 12th December 1935, the Lebensborn registered association was established in Nazi Germany by the SS.
On 6 February 1918 the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent, marking the start of female suffrage in Great Britain.
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