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Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 2, 2017 at 7:52 pm
So, this is pretty cool.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39471407
Quote:The suffragist Dame Millicent Fawcett is to be the first woman to be honoured with a statue in Parliament Square, the prime minister has announced.
The equal rights campaigner who dedicated her life to getting the women's vote, will stand alongside Sir Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela.
Theresa May said Dame Millicent "continues to inspire the battle against the injustices of today".
All 11 statues in the central London square are currently men.
The new statue will be funded using the £5m fund announced in this year's spring Budget to celebrate next year's centenary of the first British women to get the vote.
Millicent Fawcett formed the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1897.
The organisation used peaceful tactics to campaign, including non-violent demonstrations, petitions and the lobbying of MPs. Born out of the suffragist movement came the suffragettes - the more radical and militant group led by Emmeline Pankhurst.
Dame Millicent died in 1929, a year after women were granted the vote on equal terms to men.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 2, 2017 at 8:39 pm
This is cool  Kinda sad she probably never lived to actually vote herself though, looking at the time she died
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 2, 2017 at 8:52 pm
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(April 2, 2017 at 8:39 pm)Regina Wrote: This is cool Kinda sad she probably never lived to actually vote herself though, looking at the time she died
Yeah, when you put it like that it is sort of sad, but still it's thanks to her and many other women (and probably some men too) that women are allowed to vote today. I'm sure she died happy, at least.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 4, 2017 at 5:08 am
(April 2, 2017 at 7:52 pm)Isis Wrote: So, this is pretty cool.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39471407
Quote:The suffragist Dame Millicent Fawcett is to be the first woman to be honoured with a statue in Parliament Square, the prime minister has announced.
The equal rights campaigner who dedicated her life to getting the women's vote, will stand alongside Sir Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela.
Theresa May said Dame Millicent "continues to inspire the battle against the injustices of today".
All 11 statues in the central London square are currently men.
The new statue will be funded using the £5m fund announced in this year's spring Budget to celebrate next year's centenary of the first British women to get the vote.
Millicent Fawcett formed the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1897.
The organisation used peaceful tactics to campaign, including non-violent demonstrations, petitions and the lobbying of MPs. Born out of the suffragist movement came the suffragettes - the more radical and militant group led by Emmeline Pankhurst.
Dame Millicent died in 1929, a year after women were granted the vote on equal terms to men.
Should have put up Constance Gore-Booth.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 4, 2017 at 5:12 am
(April 4, 2017 at 5:08 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: Should have put up Constance Gore-Booth.
I doubt that would go down very well... 
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 4, 2017 at 6:43 am
(April 4, 2017 at 5:08 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: (April 2, 2017 at 7:52 pm)Isis Wrote: So, this is pretty cool.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39471407
Should have put up Constance Gore-Booth.
Or 'The Tart With The Cart'.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 4, 2017 at 7:56 am
(April 4, 2017 at 6:43 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 4, 2017 at 5:08 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: Should have put up Constance Gore-Booth.
Or 'The Tart With The Cart'.
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The Floozie in the Jacuzzi would be most appropriate.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 4, 2017 at 6:49 pm
(April 4, 2017 at 7:56 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: (April 4, 2017 at 6:43 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Or 'The Tart With The Cart'.
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The Floozie in the Jacuzzi would be most appropriate.
I'm not fussy. Anything with tits.
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RE: Millicent Fawcett to be first woman statue in Parliament Square
April 5, 2017 at 9:45 am
(April 4, 2017 at 6:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 4, 2017 at 7:56 am)Tazzycorn Wrote: The Floozie in the Jacuzzi would be most appropriate.
I'm not fussy. Anything with tits.
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Well then you wouldn't like my third choice then, the Skewer near the Hoor. Anything to get that monstrosity off of Sackville St.
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