Frances E. Willard is a marble sculpture depicting the American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist of the same name by Helen Farnsworth Mears, installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was gifted by the U.S. state of Illinois in 1905, making Willard the first woman to be honored in the Collection.[1]
Frances Willard | |
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Artist | Helen Farnsworth Mears |
Subject | Frances Willard |
Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Frances E. Willard". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
External links
edit- Media related to Frances Willard by Helen Farnsworth Mears at Wikimedia Commons