Wrocław – Women’s Suffrage Memorial

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It took me a little longer to work this out than it should perhaps have done, but it marks when each country gave women the right to vote.

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There was a group of people sitting around the monument at one end, so I focused my attention on the middle bit.

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There’s the right for women to vote in Benin, Gabon and Comoros (all French colonies) as well as Egypt in 1956, followed by Lebanon, Mali and Malaysia in the following year.

It’s quite an understated artwork in many ways, but if it makes people have a think about what it represents, that seems sensible and actually quite positive. It’s located on Słoneczny Boulevard and the artwork (or monument, whatever feels the best description) consists of 162 paving slabs. It was installed in 2018 as part of a redevelopment of the area.