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CAMPAIGNERS are calling on the government to honour acts of extraordinary self-sacrifice by women - including an elderly woman who was murdered trying to defend a neighbour. Jean Calder, chairwoman of trustees for the Mary Clarke Statue Appeal charity, has urged the government to recognise the lack of memorials honouring women and act to redress this balance . It comes after a group of Conservative MPs proposed local authorities fund and erect civic statues to all holders of the Victoria Cross and George Cross. Ms Calder said while the charity fully supports memorials to these brave individuals, most were men, usually under arms, and therefore tend to already be well memorialised .
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