Mary Anning Finally Remembered

Famous people have statues, don't they? Evie Swire, at the age of 9, asked her mother, where in their town of Lyme Regis (Dorset), was the statue of Mary Anning. Mary Anning had also lived in Lyme Regis and was a prolific Victorian fossil collector. She changed the science of Palaeontology. At the age of 12, Mary had discovered the first fossil Ichthyosaur on the beaches of Lyme Regis. Evie's mother had to admit Mary Anning had more or less been forgotten. There was neither statue nor memorial in the town (https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/21/mary-anning-fossil-hunting-pioneer-statue-lyme-regis-dorset). Evie and her mother started the MaryAnningRocks website and raised £150,000 to have a bronze statue designed, cast and erected in a prominent location. The statue has now been unveiled, by scientist, Dr Alice Roberts. It's pathetic, how the discoveries of women, were simply ignored by the Victorians. It's even more pathetic, it took a schoolgirl and her mum, to right this injustice, using crowdfunding. There must have been numerous opportunities, for the people running Lyme Regis, to celebrate the life of Mary.