Category: Monuments to Women

Monumental Women Celebrating August 26, 2021 ~ Women’s Equality Day ~ with a Five-Borough Women’s Rights History Trail

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The redesigned Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Rendering of the statue in its future Central Park location, image courtesy Monumental Women

Last year on August 26, 2020, Monumental Women unveiled the monument featuring Women’s Rights Pioneers Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton on the Literary Walk in Central Park.

This August 26th ~ Women’s Equality Day, Monumental Women will celebrate by unveiling a new and virtual five-borough Women’s Rights History Trail Map on the Women’s Rights History Trail. This map will feature over 150 New York City historical women, some famous and some not well-know ~ all deceased ~ linked to locations around the City, where key moments in advancing women’s rights occurred.

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Unveiling Mother Cabrini Statue in Battery Park City on Columbus Day, October 12, 2020

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Governor Andrew Cuomo and Angelo Vivolo at the unveiling of Mother Cabrini statue in Battery Park City, October 12, 2020, the rain stopped just in time for the unveiling. Image via Zoom Unveiling

One year ago (October, 2019), Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the appointment of the Mother Cabrini Memorial Commission to oversee the creation of a statue honoring Mother Cabrini. Now, a year later, the monument was unveiled on October 12th, 2020, Columbus Day, during Italian Heritage Month, in Battery Park City, overlooking Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty.

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2020 Seneca Falls is Celebrating ‘The Vote’ and You’re Invited to a Virtual Centennial Experience

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Join the 2020 Seneca Falls Revisted Virtual Conference, July 23-25, 2020 ~ a virtual online festival experience celebrating women’s accomplishments for the last 100 years, addressing issues facing women today ranging from ERA to voting, and tackling the future challenges while pondering on solution propositions.

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Celebrating the Life of Lucretia (Lucy) Mott ~ Feminist & Civil Rights Activist during this Centennial Year

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Lucretia Mott from the records of the National Woman’s Party c. September, 1920. Signature matches other signatures of hers. Image F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, Pa, via U.S. Library of Congress’s Manuscript Division, digital copy.

As we await a new monument dedicated to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Sojourner Truth coming to Central Park’s Literary Walk in late 2020, we are reminded of a monument in our nation’s Capital portraying two of those three women plus a third, so active in women’s rights that we take this time to reflect on her life ~ the extraordinary life of Lucretia (Lucy) Mott.

Located in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building, is a 14,000-pound sculpture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott. During this centennial year, celebrating the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote, let’s take a look at the life of Lucy Mott, an early feminist, activist and strong advocate for ending slavery.

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