Campaign for statue of British suffragette hero is hit by funding crisis

Mary Clarke, who was the sister of the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, died two days after being released from prison in 1910. Photograph: Mary Clarke Statue Appeal trustees

The campaign to commemorate the first suffragette to die for women’s rights is facing a funding crisis.

Mary Clarke, who was the sister of Emmeline Pankhurst, helped found the Women’s Social and Political Union and was imprisoned three times.