The Mary Clarke Statue Appeal has had many wonderful and inspirational supporters and donors. Few more committed and generous than Penny Iveson, someone many local people will remember as a brave and life-long campaigner for women’s rights. Very sadly Penny died last week at the age of eighty, after a long struggle with cancer that tragically affected her sight and balance and stripped her of…
This column by our trustee Andy Winter about the wonderful Valerie Mainstone was published in the Brighton Argus on 1st May 2024, Valerie’s 83rd birthday. See below or link to Andy’s blog. https://wp.me/pDTWu-2bD Valerie is a committed campaigner for memorials for women and has supported the Mary Clarke Statue Appeal since it was set up in 2018. She is often to be seen dressed as…