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| Keywords: PortraitMonumentImage01.jpg en English This group portrait monument to the pioneers of the woman suffrage movement which won women the right to vote in 1920 was sculpted by Adelaide Johnson 1859-1955 from an 8-ton block of marble in Carrara Italy The monument features portrait busts of three leaders of the woman suffrage movement Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B Anthony and Lucretia Mott The portraits are copies of the individual busts Johnson carved for the Court of Honor of the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exhibition in 1893 The detailed busts are surrounded by rough-hewn marble at the top of the sculpture The monument was presented to the U S Capitol as a gift from the women of the United States by the National Woman's Party and was accepted on behalf of Congress by the Joint Committee on the Library on February 10 1921 The unveiling ceremony was held in the Rotunda on February 15 1921 the 101st anniversary of the birth of Susan B Anthony and was attended by representatives of over 70 women's organizations The Committee authorized the installation of the monument in the Crypt where it remained on continuous display In accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 216 which was passed by the Congress in September 1996 the sculpture was relocated to the Capitol Rotunda in May 1997 The monument originally consisted of three parts the 14 000-pound sculpture itself and two rectangular stone base slabs The black Belgian marble base and the white Carrara marble base were donated by Adelaide Johnson in 1925 However the black marble base arrived broken and was not replaced by the artist until 1929 In 1930 both pieces were installed completing the artist's design The total weight of the monument and its two bases was approximately 26 000 pounds To allow safe placement in the Rotunda in 1997 the marble base slabs were replaced with lighter structures designed to resemble them From left to right the figures represent Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1815-1902 president of the National Woman Suffrage Association from 1865 to 1893; author of the woman's bill of rights which she read at the Seneca Falls New York convention in 1848; first to demand the vote for women Susan B Anthony 1820-1906 abolitionist temperance advocate and later president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association who joined with Stanton in 1851 to promote woman suffrage; proposed the constitutional amendment passed many years after her death Lucretia Mott 1793-1880 Quaker reformer and preacher who worked for abolition peace and equality for women in jobs and education; organizer of the 1848 Seneca Falls New York convention which launched the women's rights movement From http //www aoc gov/capitol-hill/other-statues/portrait-monument 2014-01-21 own DawesDigital 38 88978 -77 00965 cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony | ||||
