Central Park monument honors women's rights pioneers
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Jaya Shri, 13, , right stands with friends at the unveiling of a new statue honoring suffragettes in Central Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. bronze statue depicting womens rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday. It's the 167-year-old parks first monument honoring real historical women as opposed to fictional heroines like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeares Juliet. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)Visitors interact with the Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)Visitors interact with the Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)Reshma Patel takes a photo in front of Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)Visitors interact with the Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)Mona Cahill, costumed as a women suffrage activist, stands in front of the Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)Workers put up a sign to accompany the Women's Rights Pioneers statue in Central Park Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, in New York. The statue, created by sculptor Meredith Bergmann and featuring Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is the first monument in the park honoring any female historical figures. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen)
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Jaya Shri, 13, , right stands with friends at the unveiling of a new statue honoring suffragettes in Central Park on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. bronze statue depicting womens rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday. It's the 167-year-old parks first monument honoring real historical women as opposed to fictional heroines like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeares Juliet. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)