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Never mind all the Great Men - what about the great womenimmortalised on London's streets? As this superbly wide-ranging book reveals,they are an extraordinary and varied band with exceptional tales to tell. It may have taken the women a little longer to gainrecognition, but recent years have seen new figures of Virginia Woolf, MaryWollstonecraft, Ada Lovelace and of course Millicent Fawcett in ParliamentSquare. Here are ground-breaking statues of the black community,famous names from Florence Nightingale to Twiggy, interviews with artists likeMaggi Hambling and Gillian Wearing, and even Statue Safaris to take aroundcentral London. And where is Wonder Woman? London's Statues of Women offers nothing lessthan a new vision of the capital.
Never mind all the Great Men - what about the great womenimmortalised on London's streets? As this superbly wide-ranging book reveals,they are an extraordinary and varied band with exceptional tales to tell. It may have taken the women a little longer to gainrecognition, but recent years have seen new figures of Virginia Woolf, MaryWollstonecraft, Ada Lovelace and of course Millicent Fawcett in ParliamentSquare. Here are ground-breaking statues of the black community,famous names from Florence Nightingale to Twiggy, interviews with artists likeMaggi Hambling and Gillian Wearing, and even Statue Safaris to take aroundcentral London. And where is Wonder Woman? London's Statues of Women offers nothing lessthan a new vision of the capital.