RaiseMary1000 – Writer Peter James Supports Urgent Appeal
On 7th April, we launched a post-pandemic appeal we are naming RaiseMary1000, which was inspired by writer Peter James, our newest Patron. We have received many hundreds of smaller donations, but…
ITV News Coverage of Junior Ambassadors campaign for Mary and Blue Plaques
Thank you to ITV Meridian News and Charlotte Wilkins for their coverage this weekend of the wonderful fundraising efforts of Izzy and Sophia Kilburn, our most recently appointed Junior Ambassadors. If…
Birthdays, Breakfast Cereals and Women Who Shredded the Rulebook
Twins Izzy and Sophia Kilburn are our two most recent Child Ambassadors. They recently celebrated their 13th birthday and very generously, asked family and friends to consider a donation to…
Twins Isabel Kilburn and Sophia Kilburn become Child Ambassadors
We are pleased to announce that 12 year old twin sisters Isabel (Izzy) and Sophia Kilburn have become our most recent Child Ambassadors. They live in Ovingdean and attend Brighton…
Writer Peter James becomes a Patron
Our Appeal has attracted widespread community backing and has the cross party support of the City Council. It has a number of prominent Patrons, whose support we are immensely proud…
£6,000 Secures a Bronze Maquette
Denise Dutton, our wonderful sculptor, has offered to make a very limited edition of duplicate bronze maquettes available to major donors who give £6,000 or more to the Appeal. She…
A Banner for International Women’s Day
March is Women’s History Month and the 8th March is International Women’s Day. Jenny Engledow, well known local peace campaigner and an extremely accomplished embroiderer has just completed a banner depicting…
Our Appeal for Commemoration of Women has Support of Hastings and Rye M.P.
It seems that Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary and Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary plans to back a proposal from the Common Sense Group of Conservative M.P.s that local authorities…
InVISIBLEwomen Speaks out on Need for Female Statues
The Daily Telegraph reported (24th January 2021) that Oliver Dowden, the Culture Secretary and Robert Jenrick, the Communities Secretary plan to back a proposal from the Common Sense Group of Conservative…
Special BBC Report on the “Forgotten Suffragette”
BBC South East Today broadcast a special report today (10th February 2021) about Mary, the “forgotten suffragette”. BBC’s Chrissie Ready interviewed Jean Calder and Briony Goulden from the Appeal and…
Article in The Times Supports Statue for Mary Clarke
Lucy Bannerman of The Times wrote an article entitled “Calls for statue to celebrate forgotten suffragette” published 23rd January 2021. We are so grateful for Lucy’s interest and for Andrew…
Maquette of Mary Clarke Welcomed – and Christmas Appeal Launched
Sculptor Denise Dutton has completed and delivered the much anticipated bronze maquette of Mary Clarke, the first suffragette to die for women’s right to vote – and did so in…
The Bronze Maquette is in its Final Stages
Denise Dutton is in the final stages of completing the bronze maquette or model of the proposed statue of Mary Clarke. The finished wax is at the foundry and, COVID-permitting,…
Patron Discovers Exciting New Photograph
Our patron Elizabeth Crawford, one of the foremost historians of the suffrage movement, recently sent us a photograph of Mary we hadn’t seen before. Elizabeth had found it in the…
Denise Dutton Completes Plaster Line Maquette
Following months of discussion, research and painstaking work in miniature, our wonderful sculptor Denise Dutton has completed the rough plaster line maquette of Mary. She is now in the process…