Leaders in Equality: The Portrait Monument

Description

Ranger Lorne has the story of the Portrait Monument installed at the U.S. Capitol on February 15, 1921. The sculpture shows three founding mothers of the woman suffrage movement: Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The work was commissioned by the National Woman's Party and sculpted by Adelaide Johnson. After a grand ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, the Portrait Monument was moved to the underground crypt, where is stayed hidden for 76 years.

Duration

2 minutes, 15 seconds

Credit

NPS/L. Hemlock

Date Created

02/12/2021

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