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Pages in category "Statues of women in the United States" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
[13] [14] Breaking the bronze ceiling is a phrase used to link “breaking the glass ceiling” with the lack of statues of women in America, since only 8% of sculptures around the U.S. are of women. [15] Previously, there had been no new additions to the statue collection in Central Park since the 1950s. [16]
American women achieved several firsts in the professions in the second half of the 1800s. In 1866, Lucy Hobbs Taylor became the first American woman to receive a dentistry degree. [158] In 1878, Mary L. Page became the first woman in America to earn a degree in architecture when she graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ...
Many national parks, monuments and historic sites represent America's women's history as a primary theme, while numerous others address American women's history somewhere in their programs and preservation activities. The lists of sites below is not exhaustive, but includes sites closely related to themes in U.S. Women's History.
Many of the statues of women erected in the U.S. are allegorical, with the Statue of Liberty being the most obvious example: a 305-foot-tall personification of hope and freedom.
Many of the statues of women erected in the U.S. are allegorical, with the Statue of Liberty being the most obvious example: a 305-foot-tall personification of hope and freedom.
Commemorates Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, and all of the women involved in the women's suffrage movement. This is the first statue in Central Park representing historical women and was organized by Monumental Women .
In honor of Women's History Month, the Smithsonian unveiled 120 3D statues of women in STEM as part of their new exhibit, "#IfThenSheCan."