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Tory MPs’ campaign to honour VC and GC medal holders ‘will increase gender imbalance’ of civic statues
The memorial to Mary Seacole in the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital, London, is only one of about 25 statues of women in the UK. Photograph: PjrStatues/Alamy
The memorial to Mary Seacole in the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital, London, is only one of about 25 statues of women in the UK. Photograph: PjrStatues/Alamy
Wed 17 Feb 2021 13.18 EST
Women’s groups have warned the government that a campaign to honour more than 1,700 war heroes with statues will further exacerbate the “astonishing” gender imbalance of the UK’s civic statues.
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