Who: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the Beautiful”What: Six-foot-two-inch bronze statue showing her at the top of Pikes Peak, where she was inspired to write the song.Where: Falmouth, Massachusetts, her birthplace.
Who: Mary McLeod Bethune, educatorWhat: Seventeen-foot bronze statue with arms outstretched to two young children and inscribed with the words, “I leave you love, I leave you hope…I leave you racial dignity.”Where: Washington, D.C.
Who: Mary Ann Bickerdyke, Civil War relief worker for the NorthWhat: A stone statue of “Mother Bickerdyke” giving a drink to a wounded soldier with an inscription of the base of the statue which says: “‘She outranks me’—General Sherman.”Where: Galesburg, Illinois.
Who: Alice Cogswell, first student at the first school for the deaf in the U.S.What: A bronze statue of young Alice shows her signing the letter A with her teacher Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet.Where: Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C.
Who: Jane Delano, founder of the Red Cross Nursing ServiceWhat: A statute representing all nurses, named the Jane Delano Monument.Where: Washington, D.C.
Who: Mary Dyer, martyr for religious freedomWhat: A statue of Mary Dyer by Quaker artist Sylvia Shaw Judson.Where: Boston, Massachusetts
Who: Amelia Earhart, pioneer aviator, called the “Golden Girl of Aviation”What: A seven-foot-tall statue covered with gold leaf, with airplane propellers embedded in the base.Where: North Hollywood, California
Who: Laura Haviland, Quaker abolitionist, founder of the Raisin Institute for fugitive slavesWhat: A statue showing her seated with her book, A Woman’s Life Work.Where: Adrian, Michigan
Who: Mary Jemison was captured by Seneca Indians and then chose to stay with them. When she was 80 years old, she told of her adventures in the best-selling book The Life of Mary Jemison.What: A life-size bronze statue.Where: Castile, New York
Who: Mother Joseph, who established more than two dozen hospitals, schools, and orphanages in the Northwest.What: A small bronze statue showing Mother Joseph kneeling in prayer.Where: Vancouver, Washington
Who: Annie Louise Keller, who in 1927 risked her life to save a classroom full of children from a tornado.What: A pink marble sculpture of her protecting a child.Where: White Hall, Illinois
Who: Queen Liliuokalani, last queen of HawaiiWhat: An eight-foot tall statue of her holding the constitution of Hawaii in one hand and a page of the traditional Hawaiian farewell song, “Aloha Oe,” which she wrote, in the other.Where: Honolulu, Hawaii
Who: Sybil Ludington, 16-year-old Revolutionary War heroWhat: Bronze statue showing her on horseback to portray her nighttime ride to warn soldiers.Where: Carmel, New York
Who: Edith Graham Mayo, wife of the cofounder of the Mayo Clinic and its first nurse.What: Small bronze statue showing Edith in her nurse’s uniform.Where: Rochester, Minnesota
Who: Annie Moore, 15-year-old from Ireland who was the first immigrant to pass through the receiving room at Ellis Island when it opened in 1892.What: Bronze statue showing Annie with a satchel in her hand and a hopeful expression on her face.Where: Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York
Who: Esther Morris, who helped make Wyoming the first state to grant women the right to vote.What: A shiny brass statue showing her as a young woman carrying flowers and a portfolio.Where: Entrance to the Capitol Building, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Who: Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Mozee), famous Wild West sharpshooterWhat: A life-size bronze statue showing her standing, holding her rifle by her side.Where: Greenville, Ohio
Who: Lottie Holman O’Neill, first woman elected to the Illinois legislature.What: Statue installed in a niche in the Capitol Building rotunda.Where: Springfield, Illinois
Who: Pocahontas, who at the age of 10 helped the Jamestown colonists and saved the life of their leader, Captain John Smith.What: A life-size outdoor statue showing her with open, helping arms.Where: Jamestown, Virginia
Who: Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady, humanitarianWhat: Eight-foot bronze statue of her as an older woman leaning against a rock.Where: Riverside Park, New York City
Who: Florence Sabine, pioneering physician and advocate of public health lawsWhat: Replica of the bronze statue in the national Statuary Building which depicts her sitting on a lab stool with a microscope close at hand.Where: Denver, Colorado
Who: Sacajawea, guide and scout for the Lewis and Clark expedition.What: Twelve-foot bronze statue showing Sacajawea with her baby strapped to her back.Where: Bismarck, North Dakota
Who: Maria Sanford, pioneer, educator, and civic leaderWhat: Seven-foot bronze statue with an inscription on the base calling her “the best known and best loved woman in Minnesota.”Where: Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
Who: Samantha Smith, ambassador for peace between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. when she was 10 years old. She died at age 13 in a plane crash while returning to Maine from Europe.What: Bronze statue showing her posed with a dove of peace and proclaiming her “Maine’s young ambassador of goodwill.”Where: State Capitol, Augusta, Maine
Who: Statue of Liberty, the most famous symbolic statue of a woman, modeled after Marie Bartholdi, the sculptor’s mother.What: 151-foot copper figure of a woman draped in a loose robe, holding a torch in her uplifted right hand and a tablet with the date of the Declaration of Independence in Roman numerals in her left. Installed in 1886.Where: Liberty Island, New York Harbor, New York
Who: Gertrude Stein, authorWhat: Bronze statue showing her seated in the way she once described herself as looking “like a great Jewish Buddha.”Where: Bryant Park, New York
Who: Sojourner Truth, abolitionistWhat: Bronze statue depicting her as an orator. She gave passionate speeches against slavery and for women’s rights. Where: Florence, Massachusetts, her home from 1843–1857
Who: We-no-nah, Indian woman who, according to legend, drowned rather than marry a warrior of her father’s choice.What: Bronze likeness showing her in a long dress with buckskin fringe and a traditional sun ornament on her left shoulder.Where: Winona, Minnesota, the city named after her.
Who: Phillis Wheatley, famous slave poetWhat: Bronze statue by Elizabeth Catlett, dedicated by black female poets.Where: Jackson, Mississippi
Who: Emma Willard, women’s educator.What: Statue depicting her seated in her favorite chair with a book in her right hand.Where: Outside the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York
Who: Women’s Rights LeadersWhat: A grouping of nineteen life-size bronze statues of women and men who attended the world’s first women’s rights convention. Among them are Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Jane Hunt.Where: National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, New York
Who: Vietnam Women’s MemorialWhat: A sculpture portraying three Vietnam-era women, one is caring for a wounded soldier, another kneels with her head bowed, and the third searches the sky for airborne help.Where: Washingtron, D.C.
