Editing Emily Davison (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Emily Davison plaque at Epsom Downs Racecourse.jpg|thumb|alt=Plaque dedicated to Davison. In addition to her name and dates, the text reads "It was from this place, on the 4th June 1913, that suffragette Emily Wilding Davison sustained injuries that resulted in her death at Epsom Cottage Hospital. Her lifelong dedication to women's suffrage and the contribution she made to the lives of British women past and present, is remembered.|Plaque to Davison at [[Epsom Downs Racecourse]]]]
[[File:Emily Wilding Davison statue, Epsom High Street (July 2021).jpg|thumb|upright|Davison's statue in Epsom High Street, by Christine Charlesworth]]

In 1968 a one-act play written by Joice Worters, ''Emily'', was staged in [[Northumberland]], focusing on the use of violence against the women's campaign.{{sfn|Sleight|1988|p=102}} Davison is the subject of an opera, ''Emily'' (2013), by the British composer [[Tim Benjamin (composer)|Tim Benjamin]], and of "Emily Davison", a song by the American rock singer [[Greg Kihn]].{{sfn|Hall|2015|p=4}} Davison also appears as a supporting character in the 2015 film ''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]'', in which she is portrayed by [[Natalie Press]]. Her death and funeral form the climax of the film.{{sfn|Blair|2016}} In January 2018 the [[cantata]] ''Pearl of Freedom'', telling the story of Davison's suffragette struggles, was premiered. The music was by the composer Joanna Marsh; the [[librettist]] was [[David Pountney]].{{sfn|Marsh|2018}}

In 1990 the Labour MPs [[Tony Benn]] and [[Jeremy Corbyn]] placed a commemorative plaque inside the cupboard in which Davison had hidden eighty years earlier.{{sfn|Benn|2014|pp=xiii–xiv}}{{sfn|"Benn's Secret Tribute to Suffragette Martyr", BBC}} In April 2013 a plaque was unveiled at [[Epsom Downs Racecourse|Epsom racecourse]] to mark the centenary of her death.{{sfn|Barnett|2013}} In January 2017 Royal Holloway announced that its new library would be named after her.{{sfn|"Emblem of women's emancipation", Royal Holloway, University of London}} The [[statue of Millicent Fawcett]] in [[Parliament Square]], London, unveiled in April 2018, features Davison's name and picture, along with those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters, on the [[plinth]] of the statue.{{sfn|"Mayor Marks Centenary of Women's Suffrage", Mayor of London}} The [[Women's Library]], at the [[London School of Economics]], holds several collections related to Davison. They include her personal papers and objects connected to her death.{{sfn|"Exhibitions: Emily Wilding Davison Centenary"}} In June 2023 [[English Heritage]] unveiled a [[blue plaque]] at 43 Fairholme Road, [[Kensington]], London where she lived when at Kensington High School in 1880s.{{sfn|"2023 Blue Plaques". English Heritage}}{{sfn|"Emily Wilding Davison". English Heritage}} A statue of Davison, by the artist [[Christine Charlesworth]], was installed in the marketplace at Epsom in 2021, following a campaign by volunteers from the Emily Davison Memorial Project.{{sfn|Jenkinson|2021}}