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'Ms Hambling has hit back at those who criticise her art work.
She said: "This sculpture encourages a visual conversation with the obstacles Ms Wollstonecraft overcame, the ideals she strived for, and what she made happen."
The Suffolk-based artist said her critics "are not reading the word, the important word, which is on the plinth, quite clearly 'for' Mary Wollstonecraft, it's not 'of' Mary Wollstonecraft.
"Clothes define people and restrict people, they restrict people's reaction. She's naked and she's every woman.
"Most male historic statues are way over life-size. My point was that the female figure doesn't need to dominate to be powerful."
"It's been compared to a rocket of hope going up to the sky, tracking the fight for female empowerment Wollstonecraft started." '