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Crossroads of Rockland History: Monumental Women

Monumental Women
The program originally aired on March 16, 2020. To listen, click here.

Pam Elam, president of Monumental Women, and the sculptor Meredith Bergmann talks to Clare Sheridan about the all-volunteer, not-for-profit organization created in 2014 with the initial goal of breaking the bronze ceiling and creating the first statue of real women in Central Park’s 166-year history.

Bergmann's sculpture, "Women’s Rights Pioneers," depicts Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It will be unveiled on August 26, 2020, the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th “Votes for Women” Amendment to the constitution. This year is also the 200th anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony. All three women were not only Women’s Rights Pioneers, but also New Yorkers.

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.  

For more information about Monumental Women, visit https://monumentalwomen.org/

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Crossroads of Rockland History, a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, airs on the third Monday of each month at 9:30 am, right after the Steve and Jeff morning show, on WRCR radio 1700AM and www.WRCR.com. Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers every month.

The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.

www.RocklandHistory.org

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