Elizabeth's Group

Raising awareness of and commemorating Congleton's pioneering suffragist campaigner, Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy (1833–1918). Elizabeth was an amazing woman and an activist who fought for equality throughout her life. 
Elizabeth worked tirelessly for girls’ education, for women’s right to own property and for their right to vote. 
She continued to campaign for equality - with marches, speeches, over 1600 petitions and 7000 letters. Elizabeth died in 1918, just after the first women got the right to vote. 
Elizabeth was nicknamed ‘the grey matter in the brains behind the women’s movement’ by Emmeline Pankhurst, and she is listed on the Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square in London.
We think Elizabeth deserves her own statue here in Congleton!
Less than 3% of statues in the UK are of women. 
Elizabeth’s Group is campaigning to get one of Elizabeth in Congleton so she can inspire future generations of girls and boys.