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'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)

Hazel Reeves and Bronze Age Sculpture Casting Foundry

St Peter's Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester

'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)
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Emmeline Pankhurst was the leader of the Suffragette Movement, born in Moss Side in 1858. The statue surmounts a chair, depicting her addressing a mass demonstration. It is orientated towards the former Free Trade Hall, where the first Suffragette meetings took place. It is set at the centre of a 5.2 metre-diameter ‘Meeting Circle’, also designed by Hazel Reeves, that was unveiled in July 2018. The statue was unveiled on the 14th December, exactly one hundred years since the first women in the UK voted in a general election. As part of the unveiling, two colourful and noisy marches started from two symbolic locations – the People’s History Museum and the Pankhurst Centre – ending up at St Peter’s Square. Helen Pankhurst, the suffragette’s great-granddaughter, was among those who unveiled the statue.
Title

'Rise up, women' (Emmeline Pankhurst, 1858–1928)

Date

2018

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 255 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

M2_MH_S064

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Emmeline Pankhurst Statue Campaign and Manchester City Council

Work type

Statue

Owner

Manchester City Council

Custodian

Manchester City Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

14th December 2018

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at all times

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Located at

St Peter's Square, Manchester

M2 3AA

Located at the junction of Dickinson Street with St Peter's Square.

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