Updating the Face of America
Adding Women In The National Statuary Hall Collection
Equal Visibility Everywhere is currently working on honoring Harriet Tubman, Juliet Gordon Lowe, and Alice Paul with statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Only 15 Out Of 100 Statues In The Collection Honor Women
The National Statuary Hall Collection is one of America's most prominent memorials to outstanding citizens. Located in the U.S. Capitol Building, The Collection features 100 statues of distinguished Americans, two from each state.
There are fifteen statues of women and ninety-one statues of men in the entire Collection which is displayed throughout the Capitol. Equal Visibility Everywhere's “Put a Woman in Statuary Hall” project is dedicated to correcting this gender representation imbalance. Currently, Equal Visibility Everywhere is leading efforts in multiple states to replace statues of men with statues of women in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Here is a list of the fifteen statues currently in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
| Woman | State represented | Year installed |
|---|---|---|
| Frances E. Willard | Illinois | 1905 |
| Maria Sanford | Minnesota | 1958 |
| Florence Sabin | Colorado | 1959 |
| Esther Hobart Morris | Wyoming | 1960 |
| Mother Joseph | Washington | 1980 |
| Jeannette Rankin | Montana | 1985 |
| Sakakawea | North Dakota | 2003 |
| Sarah Winnemucca | Nevada | 2005 |
| Helen Keller | Alabama | 2009 |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | Florida | 2022 |
| Amelia Earhart | Kansas | 2022 |
| Willa Cather | Nebraska | 2023 |
| Daisy Lee Gatson Bates | Arkansas | 2024 |
| Martha Hughes Cannon | Utah | 2024 |
| Barbara Rose Johns | Virginia | 2025 |
Our Reccomendations of Women To Be Honored
Contact Us to help add a statue of one of these women to the National Statuary Hall Collection. Let’s not stop until we have fifty statues of noteworthy women in the hall.
- Alaska - Susan Butcher - Iditarod Winner
- California - Sally Ride - Astronaut and Physicist
- California - Dian Fossey - Primatologist
- Conneticut - Harriet Beecher Stowe - Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
- Georgia - Juliette Gordon Lowe - Founder of the Girl Scouts
- Illinois - Betty Friedan - Mother of Modern Women’s Movement
- Maine - Margaret Chase Smith - First Women to Serve in Both Houses of Congress
- Maryland - Clara Barton -Founder of the American Red Cross
- Maryland - Harriet Tubman - Conductor on the Underground Railroad
- New Hampshire - Mary Baker Eddy - Founder of The Christian Science Church
- New Jersey - Alice Paul - Suffragist - Founder of the National Women’s Party and Author of the Equal Rights Amendment
- New York - Eleanor Roosevelt -First Lady of the United States and Chair of UN Human Rights Commission
- New York - Grace Hopper - Computer Scientist and a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
- New York - Shirley Chisholm - First African American Congresswoman
- Ohio - Annie Oakley - Sharpshooter and Philanthropist
- Oklahoma - Wilma Mankiller, Chief Cherokee Nation
- Pennsylvania - Margaret Mead - Anthropologist
- Pennsylvania - Louisa May Alcott - Author
- West Virginia - Katherine Johnson - NASA Mathematician