As we all know New York’s Central Park has 23 statues of men who left their mark in history but there is not even a single one for the accomplishments of a woman.
Now, it will have not one but three statues of women as the city commission voted on Monday to erect a monument representing three pioneers in the fight for women’s rights: Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth.
Susan B Anthony who was an American social reformer and women’s rights activist who was born in 1820, and she played a pivotal role in the women’s suffrage movement.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton was born in 1815 and she was an American suffragist, social activist, abolitionist, and leading figure of the early women’s rights movement.
Sojourner Truth was born in 1797 and she was an African-American abolitionist and women’s rights activist.
”This statue conveys the power of women working together to bring about revolutionary change in our society,” said Pam Elam, president of the monumental women not-for-profit of volunteer advocates, historians and community leaders.
The work will be dedicated in August on the park’s Mall. Next year it will be 100 years since American women won the right to vote.
”My hope is that all people, but especially young people, will be inspired by this image of women of different races, different religious backgrounds and different economic status working together to change the world,” Bergmann said after the vote, according to the Associated Press.
According to The Guardian, ”The organization’s statue fund privately raised $1.5m to create and maintain the new monument and for an associated educational program.”
Currently, there are two dozens of statues of men in central park including Christopher Columbus, Alexander Hamilton and Hans Christian Andersen. Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose and Juliet of Romeo and Juliet are the only women fictional characters who are featured there.
”This statue conveys the power of women working together to bring about revolutionary change in our society,” Monumental Women president Pam Elam told the AP.
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