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Sculptor Crafting First Women's Statue for Famed Central Park in New York

Associated Press

   RIDGEFIELD, CONNECTICUT - A sculptor known for trying to redress
   history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women
   for New York's Central Park, where the only females so honored until
   now have been fictional characters.

   Meredith Bergmann's vision for the sculpture, chosen from 91
   submissions, features three women's rights pioneers -- Susan B.
   Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth. While honoring
   their specific efforts on behalf of women's suffrage, women's civil
   rights and the abolition of slavery, Bergmann hopes her latest work
   will also make a statement about the need to recognize the
   contributions of

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