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Few Statehouses Feature Memorials to Actual Historical Women

Associated Press

   COLUMBUS, OHIO - Ohio's Statehouse would join a small number of others
   around the country with outdoor monuments dedicated to real women in
   U.S. history under a proposal expected Thursday to create a memorial to
   Ohio women who fought for voting rights.

   Currently, all statues of historical figures outside the Statehouse are
   of men, including Christopher Columbus, President William McKinley (a
   former Ohio governor), and seven Civil War generals including Ulysses
   S. Grant.

   "Who are these seven men?" asks a trivia question for tourists at the
   base of the Civil War statue, which is topped by a statue of a woman
   from ancient Rome whose sons were prominent in the military and
   politics.
   The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery looks back at the women's
   suffrage movement - one of the longest reform movements in U.S. history
   - with an exhibition called, "Votes for Women: A Portrait of
   Persistence." Curator Kate Clarke Lemay shows us some of the art and
   artifacts from that era and how creating visual displays for their
   cause created a different understanding about women's freedom and
   voting rights.
   Reporter: Julie Taboh, Camera: Adam Greenbaum; Adapted by: Martin
   Secrest

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