Rise up, Women (Emmeline Pankhurst statue)

Rise up, Women, also known as Our Emmeline, is a bronze sculpture of Emmeline Pankhurst in St Peter's Square, Manchester. Pankhurst was 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.

This article is about the statue in Manchester. It is not to be confused with the Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst Memorial in London.
Rise up, Women
'Our Emmeline'
Rise up, Women
Location in Greater Manchester
ArtistHazel Reeves
Year2018
TypeBronze
LocationSt Peter's Square
Manchester, M2 3AE
United Kingdom
Coordinates53°28′40″N 2°14′35″W

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.

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