Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth to take their place among New York's all-male lineup of statues in Central Park
The effort behind the statue was not without controversy.
When Bergmann’s original design was presented last year, showing only Anthony and Stanton, critics asked why it did not include anyThat led to the redesign adding Truth, depicted with the two other women working together at a table. Truth escaped from slavery in 1827. At the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, she delivered her now-iconic speech titled, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Brewer, the Manhattan borough president, said the barriers to erecting the monument started six years ago, with officials running the park saying it was “not possible to have a new statue of any kind in Central Park, but we just pushed back.” This was the second recent public scuffle over which women New York City should honor. Earlier this year, theNYC taxpayer-funded program asked ordinary New Yorkers to choose exceptional women they wanted to see honored with statues. In the effort led by Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife, Chirlane McCray, Mother Frances Cabrini, the Roman Catholic Church’s first American saint, received the most votes but was not selected.
The decision triggered bickering on live radio between the mayor and actor Chaz Palminteri, angry that Cabrini was excluded. The mayor reassured him that the beloved saint would likely get a statue in the future. Then New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced plans to build one for Cabrini, meeting last week with Catholic and Italian American leaders to discuss possible options.
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