New York’s Central Park to erect first sculpture honoring women. Monument will depict three pioneers in fight for women’s rights: Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth. New York’s Central Park has 23 statues of men, who left their mark in history, but not a single one honoring the accomplishments of a woman. That will change after a city commission voted on Monday to erect a monument depicting three pioneers in the fight for women’s rights: Susan B Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth. The likeness of Truth, an escaped slave and abolitionist, was belatedly added to the sculpture in response to criticism that African American suffragists were initially excluded. The organization’s statue fund privately raised $1.5m to create and maintain the new monument and for an associated educational program. The work will be dedicated in August 2020 on the Mall, an elegant park promenade lined with American elm trees. Next year marks 100 years since American women won the right to vote.
