Mary MacArthur

Mary MacArthur (1880-1921), Scottish suffragist. She was General Secretary of the Women’s Trade Union League and helped form the National Federation of Women Workers and the Anti-Sweating League. She led the women chainworkers of Cradley Heath in a ten week strike in 1910, which resulted in a minmum wage and transformed their lives. The artist, Luke Perry, comes from a family of chainworkers. The memorial statue in steel stands three metres high.

Location: Cradley Heath, West Midlands.