Following on from the controversy over the Mary Wollstonecraft can you think of any statues of famous women that you like or approve of?
There are a few of Mrs. Pankhurst but my favourite is this one of Lucy Maud Montgomery with her Cavendish cats. It’s in Montgomery Park in Canada.
Memorial to the weavers of Dundee, featuring the words of Mary Brooksbank. "They fairly mak' ye work for your 10 an 9"
Last one, I promise. Well for a while anyway 
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"Fisher Jessie" in Peterhead. She is modelled on the mother of a local poet and represents all the women who worked in the fishing industry. The sculptor was Andy Scott, who later created The Kelpies
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