Travelling the Distance, a sculpture to mark the contribution of Scottish women to improving women's lives and advancing democracy, was commissioned by the Scottish Government from artist Shauna McMullan.
It takes the form of a collection of handwritten sentences by 100 women across Scotland about their female role models and then sculpted in porcelain.
Shauna McMullan travelled throughout Scotland talking to women, asking them to write a sentence and asking each woman to refer her onto another woman, from whom she would ask the same.
The work was unveiled at the Scottish Parliament on Thursday December 14, 2006.
Seeing the sculpture
The sculpture is located near the main hall of the Scottish Parliament and is accessible to members of the public during normal visiting hours. You can find information about visiting the Parliament on their website.
You can download the list of the contributors, sentences and role models - as a Word or Pdf document - from the Scottish Government website.
The Book
A limited edition book showing the making of the work and recording the contribution of the 100 women involved in the piece was launched on event in the Garden Lobby of the Scottish Parliament on the evening of November 13, 2007.
The book is not for sale. Each of the 100 women who contributed sentences to the sculpture received a copy as did those women who inspired their sentences. The Parliament received copies of the book for its archives and also a copy - and replacement copies - to go on view to the public within the Parliament building. 
The Contributors
The 100 contributors come from all over Scotland including the isles, from many different backgrounds and experiences - law, art, music, journalism, politics, community work, academia - and from several generations.
Here you can see the women contributors and role models who attended the book launch in November 2007.