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Category: <span>Memorializing Women</span>

Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument

Who is Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton ? Susan B. Anthony was born in “Adams’ Massachusetts on February 15, 1820 as the second of eight children”(Harper 606). Anthony’s family moved to Rochester, New York when she was six years old, and they stayed there on their …

Monumental Women: A Case Study on the Portrait Monument

When viewing any statue, monument or memorial on display, one would expect it to be finished; complete-looking. An “unfinished” look is exactly what makes the Portrait Monument unique. Featuring busts of three of the most prominent figures of the women’s suffrage movement, many may wonder why there is a portion …