On census night in 1911, a woman barricaded herself in a broom cupboard in the Palace of Westminster so her official residence would be recorded as the House of Commons. This deep dive explores Emily Wilding Davison, far more than the single fatal moment at the 1913 Epsom Derby for which she is remembered.

A brilliant student forced to abandon her studies after her father's death, Davison earned first-class honors at Oxford but was denied a degree for being a woman. That rejection radicalized her, and she embraced the militant WSPU's deeds not words with innovative and destructive tactics.

• How Oxford's rejection and medieval literature shaped her crusader mindset
• Her nine arrests, seven hunger strikes, and 49 force-feedings
• The Strangeways fire hose incident and the lawsuit she won
• Her balcony fall in Holl ...