No women honored in NYC’s Central Park: What you can do!

Women and suffrageHelp to “Break the Bronze Ceiling” in NYC’s Central Park. It’s called the Monumental Women campaign of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue Fund Inc., an all-volunteer, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) non-profit group that seeks to honor the historical contributions of women.

New York City’s Central Park includes statues of Mother Goose, Alice in Wonderland, Juliet (with her Romeo), and numerous representations of the female form (like angels, nymphs, and allegorical figures). The real women who helped build NYC, the state, and nation were no where to be found during the 163 year history of the Park—until now.  The Statue Fund has won approval from the NYC Parks Department to build the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Woman Suffrage Movement Monument to honor all those responsible for the largest non-violent revolution in American history: votes for women.  Now the Statue Fund is raising funds to commission and maintain this monument.

Statue Fund President Pam Elam has this to say: “We know that many women deserve to be honored by statues and monuments all over this city and this nation. No one can expect that one statue can meet all the needs and desires of so many people who have been waiting so long for it, but our statue project represents a long-overdue beginning. This effort isn’t just about one statue—it’s about a movement.  And the timing is right. It’s one important way of celebrating the New York State Woman Suffrage Centennial in 2017; the National Woman Suffrage Centennial in 2020; and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony in 2020.  Monumental Women’s project contact is: P.O. Box 150-074, Van Brunt Station, Brooklyn, NY 11215; Phone: 347-224-8976

StantonandAnthonyStatueFund@gmail.com   

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