HUNDREDS from Furness will today join millions worldwide for International Women's Day – the annual celebration of the social and political achievements of women everywhere. They will remember the bravery of female activists down the years, notably Emily Wilding Davison who walked into the path of the king's horse at the Epsom Derby on June 4, 1913 and whose martyrdom ignited the flames. It is one of the significant moments of history and one that must be marked today as the fight for equality – particularly in the long-running dispute over women’s state pensions – which continues. And committed to the entire crusade are two noted feminists from the Barrow and Furness Labour Party. Fifty years might separate Anne Burns and Daisy Fletcher-Cooney, but they are joined together in their uncompromising battle to kick down the doors of inequality.