Liverpool community launderette honours the Saint of the Slums
City co-op pays homage to Kitty Wilkinson, who opened the UK’s first public washhouse
By Helen Pidd
For The Guardian
She is the only woman whose achievements are deemed worthy of a statue in Liverpool’s St George’s Hall. Her sleeves are rolled up, she is ready to get her hands dirty – while the men around her are captured in their pomp, ready to preach a sermon or deliver a speech to parliament…