| Rise up, Women | |
|---|---|
| 'Our Emmeline' | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Statue_of_Emmeline_Pankhurst_-_December_2018_(3).jpg) | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Greater_Manchester_UK_location_map_2.svg)  Rise up, Women Location in Greater Manchester | |
| Artist | Hazel Reeves |
| Year | 2018 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Location | St Peter's Square Manchester, M2 3AE United Kingdom |
| 53°28′40″N 2°14′35″W / 53.47778°N 2.24306°W | |
Rise up, Women, also known as Our Emmeline,[1] is a bronze sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter's Square, Manchester. Pankhurst was a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Hazel Reeves sculpted the figure[2] and designed the Meeting Circle[3] that surrounds it.
The statue was unveiled on 14 December 2018, the centenary of the 1918 United Kingdom general election, the first election in the United Kingdom in which women over the age of 30 could vote.[4] It is the first statue honouring a woman erected in Manchester since a statue of Queen Victoria was dedicated more than 100 years ago.[5][6]
- ^ "Our Emmeline – my statue by Hazel Reeves". Hazel Reeves.
- ^ Britton, Paul (30 August 2018). "It's our Emmeline – and she's a step closer to taking pride of place in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ Barlow, Nigel (16 July 2018). "Pankhurst Meeting Circle unveiled On Emmeline Pankhurst's 160th birthday". About Manchester. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
- ^ "Suffragette statues mark 100 years of women's first vote". BBC News. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst to get Manchester statue". BBC News. 20 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ Britton, Paul (14 December 2018). "Hundreds expected to join march as statue of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst unveiled in Manchester". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 14 December 2018.