Suffragette statue unveiled on centenary of women wining right to vote

A bronze statue of a suffragette has been unveiled in Leicester 100 years on from women winning the right to vote.

Suffragette statue unveiled on centenary of women wining right to vote

A bronze statue of a suffragette has been unveiled in Leicester 100 years on from women winning the right to vote.

The sculpture of Alice Hawkins, a shoe factory machinist who led the women's suffrage movement in the city in the early 1900s, was the centrepiece of the celebrations on Sunday.

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