LONDON — JK Rowling and Emma Watson have called on London’s new Mayor Sadiq Khan to put a statue of a suffragette outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
The author and actor joined a host of high profile women by signing an open letter to Khan, urging him to erect a statue of a suffragette in Parliament Square by February 2018.
British suffragettes fought for voting rights to be extended to women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. February 2018 will mark 100 years since the Representation of the People Act 1918 was passed, which granted women over the age of 30 in the UK the right to vote. Read more…
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