LONDON STATUES - WOMEN
LONDON STATUES - WOMEN It will come as no surprise that statues of men in London outnumber those of women by around five to one. Apart from all the generals, we’ve also had far more kings than queens, and just three female prime ministers - one of whom couldn’t outlast a lettuce. Across the Pond, the US still awaits its first female president, incredulously twice preferring Donald Trump. In London this imbalance is slowly being redressed; here are some examples, appropriately starting with the Suffragettes - women who felt passionately about imbalances .… EMMELINE PANKHURST (1858-1928) CHRISTABEL PANKHURST (1880–1958) Victoria Tower Gardens National Portrait Gallery Emmeline Pankhurst w...