A sculptor’s brief to commission a new piece of public art of the Dr Elsie Inglis statue was launched on Thursday 28th July 2022.
This will be the first statue of a woman on The Royal Mile which currently boasts a dozen honouring men.
The ‘a life-and-a-tenth’ size bronze statue of Dr Inglis will be sited at 219 High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1PE at the original site of the hospice.
All information in the ‘Call to Artists’ commissioning document can be found here
On Tuesday 29th October we were invited as guest speakers to talk at the Novium Museum, to the recently formed Chichester Women’s History Group. We had a wonderful afternoon. Our hosts and audience were very welcoming and our exchange Read more…
Please see under our ‘Notable Women’ section and follow the link for the Route and Map of our Women’s Walk at: https://brightonwomenshistory.org.uk/brighton-notable-womens-walk-north-laine-and-montpelier-clifton/
Three members of our group, from left to right Sue Delafons, Jean Calder and Maria, attended the Mayor’s reception at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on Friday 10th May 2024, to celebrate the outgoing Mayor Councillor Jackie O’Quinn’s Read more…