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The BRIEF

To develop and deliver a National memorial celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote in the UK

THE TEAM

The Mayor’s Office; 14-18 NOW; Firstsite; Iniva; Department for Communities and Local Government; Gillian Wearing, OBE; MDM Props; Mtec

THE RESPONSE

An artwork from Turner-Prize winning artist Gillian Wearing commemorating both the Suffrage movement and Millicent Garrett Fawcett, sited in Parliament Square

The Details

In early 2017 the Mayor of London and partners 14-18 NOW, Firstsite and Iniva appointed CAS Consultancy to deliver a new public monument by Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing, CBE.

The resulting commission, a bronze statue of suffragist leader Dame Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929), remains the first-ever monument of a woman, created by a woman, to be sited in Parliament Square. Alongside Fawcett, the names and portraits

of 59 women and men who campaigned for women’s suffrage are inscribed on the plinth.

Managed by CAS Consultancy, the highly technical project required technology not yet available on the market and input from specialists across the UK including 3D modellers, foundry workers, costumers and the Fawcett Society. The project completed in April 2018, with the statue unveiled in a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London.

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