Planning permission has been granted for Newport to have its first ever statue of a woman, with prominent suffragette Lady Rhondda set to have her memory immortalised. She grew up in the city and was a well known campaigner for women’s rights. With some saying she’s finally getting the recognition she deserves.
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00:00 Lady Rhondda was a prominent campaigner for women's rights over 100 years ago and her
00:06 memory is finally set to be immortalised in her home city of Newport after the council
00:11 granted planning permission for a statue in her honour.
00:14 Lady Rhondda grew up in Newport in the late 1800s and later became the secretary for the
00:18 Women's Social and Political Union in the city.
00:22 The statue will be one of only a handful depicting a woman anywhere in Wales with campaigners
00:26 for the memorial saying she is finally getting the recognition she deserves.
00:31 The statue will be on the eastern side of the Millennium Walkway near the town centre
00:34 with residents backing the plans saying it's about time that we have a statue of a woman
00:39 in the city and that she is a big part of Newport's history.
00:43 Newport has a proud history of fighting for political rights with the Chartists famously
00:47 walking through the city to fight for voting rights on the first step to modern day democracy
00:52 in the United Kingdom.
00:54 No date has officially been set for when we will see the statue erected.
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