London celebrating more animals than women
Recent study showed that only 5.5% of CEOs globally are women. The City of London has some numbers that are even worse. There are more sculptures in London depicting animals (8%) than there are of named women (4%), according to a study from charity Art UK.
Of the statues and sculptures dedicated to named people, 79% are men – that’s 21% of all the public sculptures in London. Women account for 15% of the statues and sculptures dedicated to named people, which is 4% of all the public sculptures in London. The remaining 6% of sculptures of named people are dedicated to both men and women.
Male subjects include royalty, military figures, politicians, writers, artists, designers and actors.
The majority of sculptures and memorials dedicated to women are of royalty (19 sculptures recorded to date). There are nine monuments and statues of Queen Victoria, four of Queen Elizabeth II and three of Queen Anne.
Other female include nurses Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell, special agent Noor Inayat Khan and singer Amy Winehouse.
The earliest sculpture recorded to date dedicated solely to a woman is a monument to Sara Colvile, 1631, in Chelsea Old Church, Kensington and Chelsea.
Of the sculptures analysed, 8% depict animals, including birds, cats, dogs, horses and lions, as well as a tortoise, a squirrel and terrapins.
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