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First statue of a woman unveiled in UK parliament square
26-4-2018
The first statue of a woman in the iconic UK Parliament Square was unveiled on Tuesday for the feminist campaigner, Millicent Fawcett. The latter, to recall, was a staunch advocate of equality in the rights between men and women, and will be honored in a ceremony to mark the centenary since women were granted the right to vote on the same terms as men. Fawcett has founded the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, and in 1866, when she was still 19, she collected the signatures for the first petition demanding the right of women to vote to be submitted to the Legislative. The statue will be placed among the other 11 statues mostly for British statesmen, notably, PM Winston Churchill, as well as, for India’s independence leader, Mahatma Gandhi, and the South African anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela. During the unveiling event, British Prime Minister, Theresa May, said, “I would not be here as a premier today, and there would not be any women in parliament without the dedication of Fawcett. For generations to come, this statue will not serve only as a reminder of Fawcett’s extraordinary life and legacy, but as an inspiration to follow in her footsteps,” May stated. (An Nahar, April 25, 2018)
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