Freedom of the City for Mary

Author : Jean Calder Date : December 16, 2023

Mary Clarke was posthumously awarded the freedom of the city of Brighton and Hove at a special council meeting at Hove Town on  Thursday 14 December 2023. This followed a wonderful Reception for trustees of the Mary Clarke Statue Appeal and supporters, hosted by the Mayor Jackie O’Quinn. Briony Goulden, Mary’s great-great-niece, and a trustee of the Appeal, accepted the honour, assisted by her daughters…

Denise Dutton MRSS chosen to sculpt Mary Clarke

Author : Jean Calder Date : November 21, 2019

Mary Clarke was the first suffragette to give her life for women’s right to Vote but, there is no public memorial to her anywhere in the UK. Brighton, where she lived and worked, has few memorials for women and no statues other than of Queen Victoria.  The Mary Clarke Statue Appeal was set up in late 2018 to fund a statue of Mary Clarke, as…

Mary Clarke Statue Appeal