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Enquiry 3 Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

Explore the controversy surrounding commemorative statues of suffrage campaigners, including Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, and Alice Hawkins. Learn about lesser-known suffragists and discuss the criteria for statue commemoration.

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Enquiry 3 Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

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  1. Enquiry 3Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

  2. Enquiry overview • Lesson 1: Why did Manchester City Council pay for a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst? • Lesson 2: Why is there a statue of Alice Hawkins in Leicester? • Lessons 3–5: Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? • suffrage case studies • male-centric media • statue design • Outcome activity: • Write an extended paragraph answering the enquiry question and design your own suffrage statue.

  3. Lesson 3Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue?

  4. Lesson 3 overview • Content covered in the lesson: • Why did Millicent Fawcett’s statue in Westminster spark controversy? • Case studies on Hannah Mitchell, Selina Cooper, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson.

  5. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Recap Recap: Look at this photo Q:What can you see? Q: What do you think is happening?

  6. Why did Millicent Fawcett’s statue in Westminster spark controversy? In April 2018, a statue of leading suffragist Millicent Fawcett was unveiled by the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London in Parliament Square, London, just outside the Houses of Parliament. The statue shows Fawcett holding a banner that carries words that she wrote about the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison, who was killed at the Epsom Derby in 1913 trying to get attention for the campaign for votes for women.

  7. Why did Millicent Fawcett’s statue in Westminster spark controversy? Watch this clip from BBC News about the statue

  8. Why did Millicent Fawcett’s statue in Westminster spark controversy? However, this statue wasn’t without controversy. Historian June Purvis wrote to the Guardian newspaper criticising the statue. Read the extract and highlight the reasons why Professor Purvis is not happy with the statue. Professor Purvis does have a point. This was the petition submitted to Westminster Council. June Purvis, Emeritus Professor of Women's and Gender History, University of Portsmouth

  9. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Recap Recap: Discussion Should it be the suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett? Should it be the suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst? Should it be the working-class suffragette Alice Hawkins? Or someone else?

  10. Case studies Here are four other women who also campaigned for female suffrage, but who are certainly less well-known than Pankhurst and Fawcett. They haven’t been commemorated with a statue. Should they be?

  11. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Activity: Why do people today choose to put up statues of people from the past? • Tasks: • Complete your table comparing the four case studies. • Explain which of the criteria from your spider diagram apply to these four women. • Add your ideas to the final column of your table. • Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Write down your thoughts. Why do people today choose to put up statues of people from the past?

  12. Whose suffrage campaign story should we commemorate with a statue? Plenary: Again, use what you have learned to continue your discussion. Why do people put up statues of people from the past?

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