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Public urged to help list statues of women on national database March 8, 2021, 12:08 am The Mary Seacole Memorial Statue sits outside St Thomas’ Hospital, on London’s South Bank (Luciana Guerra/PA) A new public database recording the number of female statues in the UK has been launched, in the hope of addressing the gender imbalance in civic monuments. Campaign group the Public Sculptures and Statues Association (PSSA) has so far recorded 100 sculptures and busts of “real-life women”, but is calling on the public to help it track as many as possible. Its co-chair Joanna Barnes told t...

People are being urged to find female statues in their local areas as part of a campaign to record the sculptures and busts of “real-life women” and redress the gender imbalance in civic monuments. The campaign group Public Sculpture and Statues Association (PSSA) has so far recorded 100 sculptures in the UK as part of its new public database. Its co-chair Joanna Barnes said the list was not comprehensive and new submissions were being made. “We...

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CAMPAIGNERS across Britain are fighting to redress the nation’s statue gender imbalance, with appeals to raise tens of thousands for monuments honouring women’s struggles and achievements.  In Brighton, an appeal to erect a bronze statue of the first suffragette to lose her life to the cause, Mary Clarke, is a quarter way to target. Clarke died after she was beaten while demonstrating for women’s suffrage. There is currently no public memorial to her. Jean Calder, chairwoman of trustees of the Mary Clarke statue appeal, said that she believes there is an issue with recognising “fema...