Reinstate Kate Greenaway's name on CILIP illustration award, a statement by Dr Rose Roberto and Tamsin Roswell, petition creators

Kate Greenaway was a major influence on all illustrators of MY time (i'm 55), and before (even if they don't realize it!). Please give the award name back

Please respect the legacy Kate Greenaway.

As an illustrator and ex-bookseller I very familiar with the Greenaway Medal and the good it has done in building awareness in children’s lit. It beggars belief that this name change has happened.

Let’s not erase an important female illustrator.

please bring back the Kate Greenaway medal and keep it named after this amazing illustrator and entrepreneur.

this is so stupid. we need more female recognition

Keep the name! A beloved illustrator who deserves ongoing recognition.

Quite unbelievable, this must return to the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Don't really think Mr Carnegie needs the exposure...

Unbelievable. To replace a woman's name with a man's...

Stop changing things for the sake of it. If you wish some one to be on the name of the award make a new award.

Please reinstate Kate Greenway's name to this prestigious award.

The Kate Greenway award is famous world wide and gives recognition to women who have always been creating, but not recognized. Why not just say The Kate Greenway Award, sponsored by ...

How disappointing to see an institution removing a woman's name from a very public and high honor. I hope the committee will consider public input and not only return the name, but involve the community before making other decisions like this in the future.

Bring BACK Kate Greenway's name to this award!

Stop erasing women’s contributions! Restore her name; it’s the right thing to do.

It is a travesty that she is not there!

This renaming is the a typical example of suppression the recognition of women and their major contribution to society. In this case it's worse as it's a UK women who was working in, at the time, a very male dominated field. Anybody who supported this renaming should probably move to the USA and support Donald Trump.

We are all calling for the restoration of Kate Greenaway's name to the medal for excellence in illustration - CILIP change it back!

Please bring back Kate Greenaway’s name to the children’s illustration medal. Women who are illustrators still struggle for recognition and restoring Kate’s name would recognize and affirm the accomplishments of a famous pioneering female children’s book illustrator and bring honor to medalists.