12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women

Posted by Miss Cellania in Travel & Places on July 8, 2008 at 3:55 pm



There are monuments to women you’ve never heard of scattered around the world. In Greece, you’ll find a monument to a village of women and children who committed suicide rather than be captured by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. Another, in Ottawa, commemorates the five women who sparked the women’s rights movement in Canada in 1920s. The Red Light District Statue in Amsterdam pays tribute to famous prostitutes! Learn about these and more at Web Urbanist. Pictured is the Vrouemonument in South Africa, dedicated to the 27,000 women who died in British camps during the Boer War. Link -via Look At This


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6 comments to "12 Monuments Dedicated to Amazing Women"

  1. Anthony
    July 8th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Suicide means killing yourself.

  2. baloney pony
    July 8th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    "women and children who committed suicide rather than be captured by the Turks of the Ottoman Empire."

    ...and be sold into slavery by the muslims.

  3. Greengirl
    July 8th, 2008 at 8:18 pm

    baloney,
    sounds like you are trying to make a point.

  4. CheeseDuck
    July 8th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    Psh. What have women ever done for me?
    (Let the feminist attacks begin! :D )

  5. Claire
    July 8th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

    Woot! Nellie McClung!

  6. Johnny Cat
    July 9th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    women rock.


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