In 2020, the first monument to women will appear in Central Park

A monument dedicated to women, three civil rights activists, will first appear in Central Park in New York. This decision 21 October adopted by the city commission, the newspaper writes "Voice of America".

It is noted that today in the park there is an 23 monument - all in honor of the men who contributed to the story.

However, there is not a single monument to real women, although there are many statues depicting female figures and fictional characters.

“The monument, scheduled to open in August 2020, will be dedicated to three civil rights activists: Susan Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojorner Trut.

The work of the sculptor Meredith Bergman is to break through the so-called bronze ceiling in the park with 166-year history, ”the message says.

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It is worth noting that the original project developed by Bergman was criticized because it depicted only Anthony and Stanton.

“Critics have pointed out that African-Americans also played an important role in the struggle to provide women with suffrage,” the publication said. After that, the sculptor changed the design, adding a figure of Trut.