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Susan B. Anthony

Actors To Voice Women’s Rights Pioneers

August 2, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Rendering of the statue to be built in New Yorks Central ParkThe organization Monumental Women has announced that actors Jane Alexander, Viola Davis, America Ferrera, Rita Moreno, Zoe Saldana and Meryl Streep will portray Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in English and Spanish-Language ‘Talking Statues’ monologues that will accompany the ​Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument​.

The Monument featuring Truth, Anthony and Stanton is set to be unveiled on Central Park’s Literary Walk on August 26, 2020, the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19​th​ Amendment, when women won the right to vote. [Read more…] about Actors To Voice Women’s Rights Pioneers

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Central Park, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Monumental Women, New York City, Sojouner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Women Suffrage, womens history

#MonumentalWomen Project (Podcast)

March 23, 2020 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyThe March 2020 episode of “Crossroads of Rockland History” focused on the #MonumentalWomen Project.

Pam Elam (President, Monumental Women) and Meredith Bergmann (Sculptor), appeared to speak about the all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization, created in 2014 with the initial goal of breaking the bronze ceiling and creating the first statue of real women in Central Park’s 166-year history. [Read more…] about #MonumentalWomen Project (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Historical Society of Rockland County, Podcasts, Rockland County, Sojouner Truth, Suffrage Movement, Susan B. Anthony, womens history

Central Park Women’s Rights Statue Unveiling Date Set

January 22, 2020 by Editorial Staff 4 Comments

Rendering of the statue to be built in New Yorks Central ParkMonumental Women has set a date for the unveiling of the Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument on the Mall in the City of New York’s Central Park. The statue is the first statue depicting a real woman in the Park’s 167-year History.

The original statue of women’s rights pioneers Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was redesigned to include Sojourner Truth after criticism that the original design excluded the contributions of people of color. It’s being sculpted by Meredith Bergmann. [Read more…] about Central Park Women’s Rights Statue Unveiling Date Set

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Abolition, Central Park, Civil Rights, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, NYC, Public History, Slavery, Sojouner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Women Suffrage

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