London's Statues of Women - Juliet Rix

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... Zobrazit více