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She was a suffragette in life and a tireless fighter for womens' rights. But in her zeal to make an impact, she mis-heard the instructions and threw herself under the Prince of Wales rather than his horse. This made something of a terminal impact on ''her'', as Prince Edward was quite a large man:  she died instantly. She is now a resident of the [[Blackbury]] cemetery, one of the almost-weres, came-in-seconds, and general misfits, whose spirits link hands to contact the living, and get [[Johnny Maxwell]] as their intermediary to the living.
She was a suffragette in life and a tireless fighter for womens' rights. But in her zeal to make an impact, she mis-heard the instructions and threw herself under the Prince of Wales rather than his horse. This made something of a terminal impact on ''her'', as Prince Edward was quite a large man:  she died instantly. She is now a resident of the [[Blackbury]] cemetery, one of the almost-weres, came-in-seconds, and general misfits, whose spirits link hands to contact the living, and get [[Johnny Maxwell]] as their intermediary to the living.


She is an allusion to Emily Wilding Davison. [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/suffragette-emily-davison-the-woman-who-would-not-be-silenced-8631791.html link]
 
==Annotation==
She is an allusion to {{wp|Emily Davison#Injury at Epsom Derby|Emily Wilding Davison}}




[[Category:Johnny Maxwell characters|Liberty,Sylvia]]
[[Category:Johnny Maxwell characters|Liberty,Sylvia]]

Latest revision as of 02:15, 3 August 2021

Mrs. Sylvia Liberty
Name Sylvia Liberty
Race Human
Age
Occupation Suffragette
Physical appearance
Residence Blackbury
Death In 1914 after being stepped on by the Prince of Wales
Parents
Relatives
Children
Marital Status
Appearances
Books Johnny and the Dead
Cameos


Mrs Sylvia Liberty, died 1914.

She was a suffragette in life and a tireless fighter for womens' rights. But in her zeal to make an impact, she mis-heard the instructions and threw herself under the Prince of Wales rather than his horse. This made something of a terminal impact on her, as Prince Edward was quite a large man: she died instantly. She is now a resident of the Blackbury cemetery, one of the almost-weres, came-in-seconds, and general misfits, whose spirits link hands to contact the living, and get Johnny Maxwell as their intermediary to the living.


Annotation

She is an allusion to Emily Wilding Davison