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Central Park monument is first to honor nonfictional women

by Associated Press
| August 26, 2020 12:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — A bronze statue depicting women's rights pioneers Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony was unveiled in Central Park on Wednesday, becoming the 167-year-old park's first monument honoring real historical women as opposed to fictional heroines like Alice in Wonderland and Shakespeare's Juliet.

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