Dedicated on October 25, 2003, the Boston Women's Memorial features three important contributors to Boston's history - Abigail Adams (President John Adam's wife), Lucy Stone (first woman to earn a college degree), and Phillis Wheatley (first published African-American poet). These three women, living in the 18th and 19th centuries, were committed to social change and women's rights. They are commemorated today for their writing and their impact on society. The memorial depicts their bronze statues in stages of "coming down off their pedestals" (as women have, symbolically) in order to use the pedestals as work surfaces.
Artist: Meredith Gang Bergmann
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