Boston Women's Memorial
Artist | Meredith Bergmann |
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Year | 2003 |
Type | bronze and granite |
Location | Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America |
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The Boston Women's Memorial is a trio of sculptures on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston, Massachusetts, commemorating the lives of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone.
The idea of a memorial to women was first discussed in 1992 in recognition of the under-representation of women among Boston's statues.[1] A collaboration between the Boston Women's Commission, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall Committee and the Massachusetts Historical Society,[2] supported by Angela Menino, the wife of the city's mayor, developed the memorial over the next twelve years.[3][4]
The design competition was won by New York sculptor Meredith Bergmann. The memorial was unveiled on 25 October 2003 by the mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino.[2][5]
The statues present the women at street level, rather than on a plinth, although plinths are used as part of the artwork. Stone, for example, is positioned using her plinth as an editorial desk, working on The Woman's Journal, which she founded.[2] Quotations from the women are inscribed on their plinths.
Local people regularly leave items at or on the statues - scarves around the women's necks in winter, a Boston Red Sox cap on Wheatly's head when the team won the World Series in 2004.[2]
The memorial is featured on the Ladies Walk of the Boston Women's Heritage Trail.[6]
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