The Woman Suffrage Statue

A History of Adelaide Johnson's Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony at the United States Capitol

Sandra Weber (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

240 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6346-3 (ISBN)

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Relegated to the Crypt of the Capitol building for 76 years, the Portrait Monument has stood in the Rotunda since 1997. Drawing on diaries, letters, newspapers and historic photos, this first-ever history of the monument explores the controversy, myths and artistry behind this neoclassical yet unconventional work of art.

Relegated to the Crypt of the Capitol building for 76 years, the Portrait Monument has stood in the Rotunda since 1997. Often referred to as the Suffrage Statue, it memorializes pioneering feminists Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and is the sole sculptural representation of women in the Rotunda. From its conception by sculptor Adelaide Johnson as three separate busts to its laborious execution and celebrated placement in the Rotunda, the seven ton sculpture has provoked frustration, jubilation and hullabaloo. Drawing on diaries, letters, newspapers and historic photos, this first-ever history of the monument explores the controversy, myths and artistry behind this neoclassical yet unconventional work of art.

Sandra Weber is an author, independent scholar, lecturer, and storyteller who enjoys exploring and writing regional history and women’s history. She lives in Elizabethtown, New York, USA.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Terminologyviii

Preface

Introduction

PART ONE—Adelaide Johnson and the Great Three

1. A Sculptress

2. Making the Great Three

3. The Woman Movement

4. 1893 World Fair

5. Of Eminent Women and Bridesmaids

6. Bust Fund Conflict

PART TWO—A Monument to Woman

7. New Face of Suffrage

8. Of Carrara Marble and Hard Luck

9. With Ratification Goes the Rotunda

10. Up the Steps of the Capitol

11. The Supreme, the Wonderful Day

12. Down in the Crypt

PART THREE—An Entity to Be Reckoned

13. Golden Words

14. A Work of Art

15. Resurrecting Equal Rights

16. Forward into Light

17. Import of the Woman Movement

18. Glory of Washington

PART FOUR—Take Up the Song

19. Semantics

20. In the Halls of the Capitol

21. Raise the Statue

22. Adding Truth

23. Unfinished Work

Conclusion

Timeline

Brief Biographies

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2016
Zusatzinfo	70 photographs
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeine Soziologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4766-6346-7 / 1476663467
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6346-3 / 9781476663463
Zustand	Neuware