Name/Title£10 note: Jane Austen
About this object£10 note produced by the Bank of England, featuring Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and Jane Austen (1775-1817) on the reverse. The reverse is signed 'C. Criado-Perez' and includes an Austen quote from 'Pride and Prejudice': "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
MakerBank of England
Date Madec.2017
Period2010s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, polymer
MeasurementsH: 69 x W: 132 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association KeywordsPolitical activism
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen:
Jane Austen (/ˈɒstɪn, ˈɔːs-/; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism and social commentary, have earned her acclaim among critics and scholars.
Austen is on the £10 note issued by the Bank of England which was introduced in 2017, replacing Charles Darwin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Criado_Perez:
Caroline Emma Criado Perez OBE (born 1984) is a British feminist author, journalist and activist. Her first national campaign, the Women's Room project, aimed to increase the presence of female experts in the media. She opposed the removal of the only woman from British banknotes (other than The Queen), leading to the Bank of England's swift announcement that the image of Jane Austen would appear on the £10 note by 2017. That campaign led to sustained harassment on the social networking website Twitter of Criado Perez and other women; as a result, Twitter announced plans to improve its complaint procedures. Her most recent campaign was for a sculpture of a woman in Parliament Square; the statue of Millicent Fawcett was unveiled in April 2018, as part of the centenary celebrations of the winning of women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. Her 2019 book Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBank note
Object numberGWL-2017-96-7-1
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