Central Park in New York City has 23 statues of historical figures, all of whom are men. The only women depicted are fictional characters. However, a statue honoring Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two women who fought for women’s rights, has been approved but is awaiting funding. Central Park is also home to 25 permanent residents and a unique centipede species.
While there’s a lot to see in New York City’s Central Park, you won’t see any women when you see the 23 statues of historical figures on display in the nation’s first large landscaped public park. All those statues depict men, like Christopher Columbus, Alexander Hamilton and Daniel Webster. The only women on display are fictional creations, including Alice in Wonderland, Mother Goose and Shakespeare’s Juliet (paired, of course, with his Romeo). However, change is coming, slowly but surely. In 2015, New York approved the addition of a statue honoring two women who fought long and hard for women’s rights: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The only delay has been with funding, since the statue will cost up to $1 million dollars to install and maintain. The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Statue Fund Inc. is still collecting donations and plans to announce the designer of the statues in July 2018.
A walk through Central Park:
The sheep once grazed in Central Park, but were moved during the Great Depression because the city feared that starving residents might kill and eat them.
According to the 2010 US Census, 25 people say Central Park is their permanent home; nobody knows who they are.
The tiny leaf litter-dwelling centipede known as Nannarrup hoffmani was first discovered in Central Park in 2002.
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