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==Legacy== [[File:Portrait of Frances Power Cobbe (4671398).jpg|thumb]] [[File:The lower section of the Reformers memorial, Kensal Green Cemetery.jpg|thumb|Lower section of the Reformers’ memorial in [[Kensal Green Cemetery]], featuring Cobbe’s name]] In the late nineteenth century Cobbe was very well known for her philosophical views. For example, [[Margaret Oliphant]] in ''The Victorian Age of English Literature'', when discussing philosophy, said "There are few ladies to be found among these ranks, but the name of Miss Frances Power Cobbe may be mentioned as that of a clear writer and profound thinker".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/victorianageofen02olipuoft/page/426/mode/2up?q=Cobbe|title=Oliphant, Victorian Age of English Literature}}</ref> A portrait of her is included in a mural by [[Walter P. Starmer]] unveiled in 1921 in the church of [[St Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb|St Jude-on-the-Hill]] in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/31-july/features/features/campaign-from-on-high-at-st-jude-s|title=Campaign from on high at St Jude's|last=Walker|first=Alan|date=31 July 2015|work=[[Church Times]]|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> Her name and picture (and those of 58 other women's suffrage supporters) are on the [[plinth]] of the [[statue of Millicent Fawcett]] in [[Parliament Square]], London, unveiled in 2018.<ref name=gov>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-statue-of-suffragist-leader-millicent-fawcett-unveiled-in-parliament-square|title=Historic statue of suffragist leader Millicent Fawcett unveiled in Parliament Square|publisher=Gov.uk|access-date=24 April 2018|date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Topping|first=Alexandra|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/24/first-statue-of-a-woman-in-parliament-square-millicent-fawcett|title=First statue of a woman in Parliament Square unveiled|work=The Guardian|date=24 April 2018|access-date=24 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/women/millicent-fawcett-statue-parliament-square-london-caroline-criado-perez/ |title=Millicent Fawcett statue unveiling: the women and men whose names will be on the plinth |publisher=iNews |date= 2018-04-24|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref> Her name is listed (as F. Power Cobbe) on the Reformers’ Memorial in [[Kensal Green Cemetery]] in London. The Animal Theology professorship at the [[Graduate Theological Foundation]] is named after Cobbe.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-03-10|title=Press Release: First Professor of Animal Theology in the US|url=https://www.oxfordanimalethics.com/2020/03/press-release-first-professor-of-animal-theology-in-the-us/|access-date=2020-07-10|website=Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics|language=en-US}}</ref> Her philosophical contribution is now being rediscovered as part of the recovery of women in the history of philosophy.<ref>''Frances Power Cobbe: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Feminist Philosopher'', Oxford University Press; {{ISBN|9780197628232}}</ref>
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