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First Woman Statue in Parliament Square

2 April 2017

By Lauren E. White

It’s been a long time coming (a seriously long time – almost a century) but the first woman statue in Parliament Square will be erected to mark 100 years since women received equal voting rights to men in 1928.

Millicent Fawcett will be honoured with the statue after a £5 million fund was announced in the spring Budget. She was responsible for forming the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies in 1897 and was very much the leader of the suffragist movement, promoting the cause of equality with peace. Dame Millicent died a year after women were given the vote on equal terms to men.

The statue will stand among eleven men including Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela. This was the reason for the petition set up last year to ask London Mayor Sadiq Khan to erect a female statue in Parliament Square. It was signed by some 70,000 people and promoted by JK Rowling and Emma Watson.

Prime Minister Theresa May said Dame Millicent “continues to inspire the battle against the injustices of today” and that “it is right and proper that she is honoured in Parliament Square alongside former leaders who changed our country.”

We look forward to seeing it when it’s done.

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