Talk:Sister Dora

First non-Royal woman to get a statue?

The plaque on the statue in Walsall says that Sister Dora was "the country's first woman, other than a member of the Royal Family, to be commemorated by a statue". Is this correct? 81.153.110.128 00:24, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

It's correct that that is what the plaque says. The claim itself is incorrect — there are lots of female saints commemorated in statues long predating the Sister Dora one. When I was involved with these things, the story I was told was that it was the first statue put up by public subscription to a woman who was not of royal blood. This is more likely to be true, as public subscription was a Victorian and post-Victorian idea that would not have applied to medieval and renaissance statues.Martin Turner (talk) 23:09, 21 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh, and the external link is now dead. 81.153.110.128 00:25, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Killed the link -- SECisek 08:46, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

No mention is made of the Biography 'Sister Dora' by J Manton first published in 1977 which was later dramatised by the BBC.

My ability to accept the claim would depend on what the entire inscription said (for context) and if there was a date attached to the inscription - was it part of the original monument as unveiled or a later addition tagged on? Noting Martin Turner's comment, I would say those of female saints are not freestanding monuments, some are indoors, some outdoors, and public subscription generally did not pay for them, wealthy patrons did or ecclesiastics out of church funds.Cloptonson (talk) 17:46, 19 October 2021 (UTC)

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