(1879-1964)
Babbacombe Downs (near the railway), Torquay
One of the earliest statues to a named woman, Georgina’s obituaries recorded someone who campaigned ‘with passionate indignation against cruelty and injustice’.
One of the first patrons of the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and one of the founders of the Anti-Vivisection League (to stop scientific experiments on live animals) she famously fought for animal rights becoming vegetarian in 1876 and vice-president of the Vegetarian Society in 1884 – take that Paul McCartney! In 1885 she co-founded the Plumage League (campaigning against the use of feathers in women’s fashion). This amalgamated with the Plumage Section, the roots of which served to grow into RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).
The statue complete with a birdbath was erected two years after her death in October 1903 to commemorate her philanthropic works.
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