Where Are the Women? The Girl Scouts' Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park
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
Pippa and the other ten-year-old Girl Scouts were shocked when they visited the Roosevelt House in New York during the summer of 2016 and the guide told them not one statue in Central Park honored a woman W-W-What How can that be the girls must have wondered We grew up playing in Central Park How did we not notice that Why are we treated so differently asked Stori Small Let's do something about this said Lila Steinhardt
