This contrasted with the number of statues of famous men, including Aneurin Bevan, Ivor Novello and Lloyd George.

[8] Five women were shortlisted: the poet and teacher Cranogwen (Sarah Jane Rees), the suffragette Lady Rhondda (Margaret Haig Thomas), the political organiser Elizabeth Andrews, the writer and anthropologist Elaine Morgan, and Betty Campbell.

Cambell's head and shoulders create a canopy sheltering ten bronze children of various ages depicted at the base of the statue.

The base also includes mini bronze models of landmarks in Tiger Bay, for example the Pierhead Building and the Wales Millennium Centre.

[12] On seeing the final design, Elaine Clarke, Campbell's daughter, commented that it encapsulated her mother "in a way that ensures her legacy of determination, aspiration and inspiration lives on for generations to come".