Ms Wearing unveiled Parliament Square's first statue of a woman, suffragist Millicent Fawcett, at a ceremony in Westminster in late April this year. (independent.co.uk)
The statue represents two firsts: It's the first statue of a woman and the first by a woman (artist Gillian Wearing was the sculptor) to have a home in the iconic plaza. (fortune.com)
The first statue of a black woman in the hall is for Civil Rights Movement activist Rosa Parks. (observer.com)