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The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst (officially called Rise up, Women, and also known as Our Emmeline) is a bronze sculpture in St Peter's Square, Manchester, depicting Emmeline Pankhurst, a British political activist and leader of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom. Hazel Reeves sculpted the figure and designed the Meeting Circle 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. It is the first statue honouring a woman erected in Manchester since a statue of Queen Victoria was dedicated more than 100 years ago.
1918 United Kingdom general election Emmeline Pankhurst Hazel Reeves Manchester Queen Victoria St Peter's Square, Manchester