Image via Smithsonian Portrait Gallery
Central Park is one of the premier public parks in New York City, recognized internationally and popular amongst both residents and visitors. Of the dozens of statues in the park, 22 are dedicated to men as varied as a 14th century Polish king to New York City Marathon founder Frank Lebow (the only statue in the park that moves once a year). There are no real women in the park, but there are statues to fictional ones – Mother Goose, Juliet (and her Romeo), and Alice from Alice in Wonderland. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Fund seeks to change this by raising the funds to install the first statues to honor real women in Central Park.
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