Eleanor Roosevelt Monument: Difference between revisions

The '''Eleanor Roosevelt Monument''' is located at the southeast corner of [[New York City]]'s [[Riverside Park (Manhattan)|Riverside Park]]. It iswas the first work of public art in New York City to be dedicated to an American woman and, according to the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund, which provided much of the funding for the project, it iswas the first work of public art to be dedicated to an American president's wife. The

centerpiece of the monument is a bronze statue of [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. [[Hillary Clinton]] (the First[[first Ladylady]] at the time) gave the keynote address at the monument's dedication on October 5, 1996.<ref name="nyt-1996-10-05">{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Douglas |date=October 5, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/05/nyregion/eleanor-roosevelt-honored-in-hometown-today.html |title=Eleanor Roosevelt Honored in Hometown Today |work=The New York Times |access-date=2019-03-13}}</ref>

File:Eleanor Roosevelt Monument - 2017-12-02 - Adlai Stevenson Quote.jpg|Granite medallion inscribed with [[Adlai Stevenson II|Adali Stevenson]]'s quote, designed by [[Michael Middleton Dwyer|Michael Dwyer]].

File:MMDA-Photos - 2017-08-13 - Biographical Plaque, Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial, Riverside Park, New York City.jpg|Eleanor Roosevelt Biographical Plaque, designed by [[Michael Middleton Dwyer|Michael Dwyer]].

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