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Davison's purpose in attending the Derby and walking onto the course is unclear. She did not discuss her plans with anyone or leave a note.{{sfn|Gullickson|2008|p=473}}{{sfn|Brown|2013}} Several theories have been suggested, including that she intended to cross the track, believing that all horses had passed; that she wanted to pull down the King's horse; that she was trying to attach one of the WSPU flags to a horse; or that she intended to throw herself in front of one of the horses.{{sfn|Thorpe|2013}}
The WSPU were quick to describe her as a martyr, part of a campaign to identify her as such.{{sfn|Purvis|2013a|p=358}}{{sfn|Gullickson|2008|p=462}} ''The Suffragette'' newspaper marked Davison's death by issuing a copy showing a female angel with raised arms standing in front of the guard rail of a racecourse.{{sfn|"In Honour and Loving Memory of Emily Wilding Davison", ''The Suffragette''}} The paper's editorial stated that "Davison has proved that there are in the twentieth-century people who are willing to lay down their lives for an ideal".{{sfn|"The Supreme Sacrifice", ''The Suffragette''}}
==Winner's Details==
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