WASHINGTON — Out of 160 monuments and memorials gracing the nation’s capital, just over 50 sculptures include female figures – a ratio now in the spotlight courtesy of our neighbor to the north. The ...
Since the ancient Greeks and their Olympians, statues have been a way to commemorate athletic achievement. In recent decades, the global inventory of sporting monuments has grown to include a wide ...
Italy has inaugurated its first public statue of a female scientist a few months after a survey revealed a massive imbalance between effigies of men and women in public spaces. The new statue was ...