Gillian Wearing installation in Parliament Square will include etchings of key figures in suffrage campaignDetails of a statue of the suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett have been unveiled, 100 years after MPs passed a bill that gave some women the vote.The statue will be unveiled in Parliament Square in April, the first monument of a woman to stand in the central London location. The installation by the Turner prize winner Gillian Wearing will also feature 52 photographic etchings on tiles around the statue depicting key women – and a few men – who were central in the push for women’s suffrage. Continue reading…
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