Meredith Bergmann Working

On August 26th, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, Meredith Bergmann’s Monumental Women sculpture took its place on Literary Walk as the first sculpture in Central Park honoring historical women. Depicting Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth, the sculpture arrives at a time when the city is actively trying to increase the number of women honored in its public art, and when the nation is grappling with the meaning of its monuments.

Monumental Women has the further goals of increasing awareness and appreciation of Women’s History through a nationwide education campaign and challenging municipalities across the country to rethink the past and reshape the future by including tributes in their public spaces to the diverse women who helped create and inspire those cities.