Monuments to women (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only John H Jameson.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Monuments and Statues to Women: Arrival of an Historical Reckoning of Memory and Commemoration", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Florence Martus, the “Waving Girl,” and the personified bronze statue erected to her memory, is an international symbol, local memorial, and modern tourist attraction with an inspiring story of real life and legend. The noble ideas expressed by the Waving Girl monument, said the...