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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Maggi Hambling picked to create Mary Wollstonecraft statue

Long-awaited memorial aims to capture spirit and strength of the original suffragette

The pioneering British artist Maggi Hambling has been chosen for a long-awaited statue commemorating the “foremother of feminism” Mary Wollstonecraft.

The Mary on the Green campaign, which has been calling for a permanent memorial to the philosopher and author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman since 2011, unanimously chose Hambling for the sculpture.

Related: Corbyn calls for statue to feminist pioneer Mary Wollstonecraft

Related: 100 best nonfiction books: No 76 – A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (1792)

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