The sarcasm of the 19th century
When the Statue of Liberty rose in New York Harbor in 1886, suffragists protested. Her presence, they observed, “points afresh to the cruelty of woman’s present position, since it is proposed to represent Freedom as a majestic female form in a State where not one woman is free.” <br /><br />Lillie Devereux Blake led the protest at the ceremony. She reported: “[Our boat] floating the woman suffrage flag was one of the first steamers to reach Bedloe’s Island, where it assumed one of the best positions, directly in front of the great bronze statue.” <br /><br />“At the prow of our boat there floated a long white pennon bearing on it the letters ‘New York State Woman Suffrage Association.’ It was worth much of effort and of toil to see that banner flying on that day before the front of our woman Liberty.” #Suffrage100
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Statues
In NYC we have statues of two great suffragists. They've been standing watch over neighborhood protests these weeks. 👈Frederick Douglass at 110th St with a beautiful North Star bench 👉Harriet Tubman at 122nd w/her passengers in her skirts. More in August! #BLM #BlackSuffragists
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Who made this?
One of these sculptures was made by a man, one by a woman. You can guess, right? (Representation of power thread.) <br /><br />Luciano Garbati says his “Medusa With The Head of Perseus” is a statement about avenging sexual violence. It was installed this month by the NY Criminal Court, which the project describes as “the location of high profile abuse cases including the recent Harvey Weinstein trial.” <br /><br />.@AnneMartinConn has <a href="https://twitter.com/AnneMartinConn/status/1314734395828457474" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a pretty fabulous take on what’s wrong with it</a>, which I highly recommend. Luckily, it’s only temporary. Let's look at the other sculpture... <br /><br />Katherine Lane Weems made “Striding Amazon” in 1926 to dramatize women’s fight to compete at the Olympics. Athletes, led by Frenchwoman Alice Milliat, were agitating for inclusion. The IOC stonewalled. So in 1922 Milliat organized the Women’s World Games instead. <br /><br />Weems didn’t sculpt many other humans, and was rarely overtly political after this piece. Interestingly, it wasn’t cast until 1981. At that point Weems was 82 years old. She reworked it slightly, changing the rock in the woman’s hand to a lump of clay and retitling it “Revolt.” <br /><br />It is the opening artwork in the @mfaboston exhibit, Women Take the Floor. Curator Nonie Gadsden wrote about this work and others; there’s a nice virtual tour on the website: <a href="https://www.mfa.org/exhibition/women-take-the-floor">https://t.co/NnmpuG5j3D</a> <br /><br />#suffrage100 #19thAmendment #vote
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