Where Are the Women? The Girl Scouts' Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
22 STORY Statue HER Make with statue
of Bring Woman Out the Dark AND Into the PARK Ten Girl Scouts click-clacked down the cobblestone sidewalks of Central Park West They sang out four fierce words in a high-pitched rhythmic beat WHERE ARE THE WOMEN
COLUMBUS Twenty-two statues perched on pedestals in Central Park the 843 acre emerald jewel of New York City But not ONE portrayed a real-life woman There are no statues of women and there's tons of men pointed out Pippa Lee We really need a woman's statue for girls to look up to not just Mother Goose or Alice in Wonderland They don't count We just want to help other girls have an idol who they can look up to in Central Park pleaded Phoebe Bergan
ROBERT BURNS BALTO The girls wanted statues of impressive imposing women who changed the world despite impossible odds
