“No more male & female rates. One rate only.”
Zelda D’Aprano, Jennifer Mann, 2023
“Honouring Zelda D’Aprano is a life-size bronze sculpture. It captures the spirit of the day when the women’s rights campaigner chained herself to a government building to protest against a ruling on equal pay for women.
Located in front of the Victorian Trades Hall in Lygon Street, the statue invites viewers to literally stand with Zelda as the battle for gender equality continues.
Sculptor Jennifer Mann created the sculpture from a historic photograph. It was cast by Fundere Fine Art Foundry in Sunshine.
The sculpture depicts Zelda’s first act of protest – holding the chain she used to chain herself to the court building and carrying a sign stating: No more male and female rates. One rate only.
Around the base is a quote from Zelda that reads: Today it was me, tomorrow there will be two of us, the next day there will be three and it will go on and on and there won’t be any stopping it.”
—-vic.gov.au
