Kate Fowler Tutt

Kate Matilda Fowler-Tutt (1868–1954) was an English headmistress, town councillor and suffragist who was reputedly involved with the removal of Auguste Rodin's sculpture of The Kiss from Lewes Town Hall in 1917.

Life She was born in 1868 and her father was a butcher in Brighton. She credited her grandmother with ensuring that she had a good education and she became a teacher. She moved in 1892 to Lewes, East Sussex, where she was the headteacher of South Malling Elementary School. In 1913 she became the headteacher of Central Senior Girls School ). She retired from teaching in 1924 and in that year was elected to Lewes Town Council, serving continuously for 21 years.

In 1917 Lewes Council decided that it could not ensure the safety of Auguste Rodin's The Kiss which had been stored and sometimes displayed in Lewes Town Hall. It has been reported that this was because of protests by Fowler-Tutt but later investigation has found no documentary evidence for this narrative.