On 8th March, International Women’s Day 2023, the statue of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, ‘Our Elizabeth’ was one year old. Elizabeth’s Group held a party in Congleton town centre, and handed out cakes to passers-by whilst having a chat about Elizabeth and reminding everyone of her importance to women’s education, financial freedom and enfranchisement. Many thanks …
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The Sale-based Montague Patchers have presented Elizabeth’s Group with their Deeds Not Words quilt, produced by the whole team in recognition of the work of Elizabeth and all the women who fought for suffrage. It is a fantastic acquisition for our group and we are very grateful. We will be displaying the quilt at future …
Moody Hall Congleton is a beautiful, historic Grade II Listed Georgian building and part of that history is Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy’s girls’ school which was housed here in the 1860/70s. But today Moody Hall is in a sorry state and Elizabeth’s Group has launched a campaign to save it for the community, including a petition …
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‘Our Elizabeth’, the life-size sculpture of Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy, was officially unveiled by The Baroness Lady Hale of Richmond on International Women’s Day (Tuesday 8th March 2022). Watch the BBC coverage here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av-embeds/60666742 The parade led by Beartown Stompers Jazz Band marched from Lawton Street through town to the Bridge Street statue. Children dressed up from …
Elizabeth’s statue will be unveiled on 8th March 2022 in Bridge Street, Congleton, in an exciting event that Elizabeth’s Group is organising with the support of Congleton Town Council. The statue will be unveiled by The Baroness Lady Hale of Richmond and Sculptor Hazel Reeves, Elizabeth’s Group and Congleton Town Mayor Denis Murphy will be in attendance. …
In a momentous week in January, Elizabeth’s Group’s Planning Permission was GRANTED for her statue to stand in the middle of Bridge Street, Congleton, AND her bronze statue was poured at the Bronze Age Foundry at Limehouse, London. Elizabeth’s Group and Sculptor Hazel Reeves attended the pour, which was very exciting. Here you can see …
Elizabeth is now on the map, officially! The new Congleton link road was named Wolstenholme Elmy Way on 19th April 2021. Elizabeth’s Group and some friends walked the road on the 18th, the pre-opening day, in suffragist costume, to celebrate the road name. We met lots of members of the public on bikes or walking, …
Hazel Reeves is not only a great sculptor, she is also committed to redressing the lack of women represented in public art, one statue at a time. Before becoming a sculptor Hazel spent many years promoting women’s rights internationally. Now her passion is for telling stories in bronze of struggles for social justice, as she …
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