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Women Artists
Below are examples of women artists with works featured in the United States Capitol and Congressional office buildings.
        
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    Person standing next to a sculpture.

Laura Gardin Fraser at work.

Podcast Episode: Meet the Artists

This podcast is part of the Shaping History: Women in Capitol Art series created by the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center. Listen below to hear about the women artists and women historical figures depicted in the art of the Capitol.



*Conversations with Deborah Copenhaver Fellows and Artis Lane*Download the transcript or read more about this episode.

Artists and Their Work(s)

Locations for works in public areas are provided. See also: Women in Art

**Ames, Sarah Fisher (1817-1901)**

Marble bust of President Abraham Lincoln
	Senate wing, third floor, east corridor**Beaux, Cecilia (1863-1942)**

Portrait of Sereno E. Payne, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee**Brisbine, Margaret Preble (1901-1970)**

Portrait of Royal C. Johnson, Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee
	Portrait of John E. Rankin, Chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee**Brown, Betty Beaumont (1913-1993)**

Portrait of William M. Colmer, Chairman of the House Rules Committee**Buba, Joy Flinsch (1904-1998)**

Bronze statue of Dr. Florence R. Sabin
	Hall of Columns**Burdette, Hattie E. (1875-1955)**

Portrait of Senator John Langdon
	Senate wing, third floor, south corridor**Cadwalader-Guild, Emma (1843-1911)**

Bronze bust of President William McKinley
	S-216, President's RoomComas, Nilda M. (1953-)

Marble statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune
	National Statuary Hall**Dimmitt, Kathryne Cooksey (1910-1996)**

Portrait of Samuel J. Randall, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee**Drew, Dorothy Hart (1910-1994)**

Portrait of George A. Dondero, Chairman of the House Public Works Committee**Dunbar, Anna Glenny (1888-1980)**

Bronze bust of Walter G. Andrews, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee**Edmonds, Esther (1888-1976)**

Portrait of James L. Orr, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Edwards, Kate Flournoy (1877-?)**

Portrait of Philip P. Barbour, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Escobar, Marisol (1930-2016)**

Bronze statue of Father Damien
	Hall of Columns**Fassett, Cornelia Adele (1831-1898)**

Painting Electoral Commission of 1877, (The Florida Case)
	Senate wing, third floor, east corridor
	Portrait of James A. Garfield, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee**Fellows, Deborah Copenhaver (1948– )**

Bronze statue of Barry Goldwater
	National Statuary HallImage
    Laura Gardin Fraser in 1889.

Laura Gardin Fraser at work.*Laura Gardin Fraser in 1889.*

**Fraser, Laura Gardin (1889-1966)**

Marble relief portrait of Colbert
	House Chamber over the gallery doors
	Marble relief portrait of Edward I
	House Chamber over the gallery doors
	Marble relief portrait of Papinian
	House Chamber over the gallery doors**Goodwin, Frances M. (1855?-1929)**

Marble bust of Vice President Schuyler Colfax
	Senate Chamber Gallery**Hale, Ellen Day (1855-1940)**

Portrait of John G. Carlisle, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Harlan, Roma C. (1912-2003)**

Portrait of Senator Kenneth Spicer Wherry**Hartley, Elaine**

Portrait of Mary T. Norton, Chairwoman of the House District of Columbia Committee (District of Columbia Committee abolished and jurisdiction switched to House Government Reform and Oversight Committee)**Hergesheimer, E. Sophonisba (1873-?)**

Portrait of Joseph W. Byrns, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Herndl, Maria (1860-1912)**

Stained glass, "George Washington Memorial Window"
	Stained glass circular skylights
	S-313A, Senate Press Gallery**Jacobson, Yolande (1921-1998)**

Bronze statue of Patrick A. McCarran
	Hall of Columns**Johnson, Adelaide (1846-1955)**

Marble portrait monument, Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony
	Rotunda**Lane, Artis (1927- )**

Bronze Bust of Sojourner Truth
	Emancipation Hall**Margolin, Miri (1917–2013)**

Bronze Bust of Raoul Wallenberg
	Emancipation HallImage
    Jimilu Mason working on the bust of U.S. Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson.

Jimilu Mason working on the bust of U.S. Chief Justice Frederick M. Vinson.**Mason, Jimilu (1930–2019)**

Marble bust of Constantino Brumidi, Italian artist who decorated the Capitol
	Brumidi corridor, Senate wing, first floor
	Marble bust of Vice President Lyndon Johnson
	Senate wing, second floor, east corridor**Mears, Helen Farnsworth (1878-1916)**

Marble statue of Frances E. Willard
	National Statuary Hall**Mimnaugh, Terry (1956- )**

Bronze statue of Jeannette Rankin
	Emancipation Hall**Morrell, Imogene Robinson (1818-1908)**

Portrait of Senator John Dix**Nevin, Blanche (1838-1925)**

Marble statue of John P.G. Muhlenberg
	Crypt**Newman, Willie Betty (1864/5-1935)**

Portrait of John Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Ney, Elisabet (1833-1907)**

Marble statue of Stephen F. Austin
	Hall of Columns
	Marble statue of Sam Houston
	National Statuary Hall**Parker, Margaret (1947- )**

Tapestry, Night in the Forest**Peale, Sarah Miriam (1800-1885)**

Portrait of President Milliard Fillmore (attributed)**Polk, Rebecca (1858-?)**

Portrait of James K. Polk, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Pugh, Mabel (1891-1986)**

Portrait of Herbert Bonner, Chairman of the House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee (Marine & Fisheries Committee abolished and jurisdic-tion switched to three different committees. Merchant Marine functions: National Security Coast Guard functions: Transportation & Infrastructure Fisheries and endangered species functions: Public Lands and Resources.)
	Portrait of Harold D. Cooley, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
	Portrait of Clifford R. Hope, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee**Putnam, Brenda (1890-1975)**

Marble relief portrait of Maimonides
	House Chamber over gallery doors
	Marble relief portrait of Solon
	House Chamber over gallery doors
	Marble relief portrait of Tribonian
	House Chamber over gallery doors**Ransom, Caroline L. Ormes (1838-1910)**

Portrait of Joshua R. Giddings, member of the House of Representatives
	Portrait of John W. Taylor, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Raymond, Evelyn**

Bronze statue of Maria L. Sanford
	Emancipation HallImage
    Vinnie Ream at work on her Lincoln bust, which rests upon the stand she used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her.

Vinnie Ream at work on her Lincoln bust, which rests upon the stand she used in the White House while President Lincoln posed for her.**Ream, Vinnie (1847-1914)**

Bronze statue of Samuel J. Kirkwood
	Hall of Columns
	Marble statue of President Abraham Lincoln
	Rotunda
	Bronze statue of Sequoyah
	National Statuary Hall**Ross, Wendy (1949- )**

Bronze bust of Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson
	Russell Senate Office Building, northwest elevator lobby**Satrom, Charlen Jeffery (1939 - )**

Portrait of Don Young, Chairman of the House Resource Committee**Scholz, Belle Kinney (1890-1959)**

Bronze statue of Andrew Jackson
	Rotunda
	Bronze statue of John Sevier
	National Statuary Hall**Shourds, Dalton (1935- )**

Portrait of John W. Flannagan, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
	Portrait of Hampton P. Fulmer, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee**Silvercruys, Suzanne (1898-1973)**

Bronze statue of Eusebio F. Kino
	Emancipation Hall
	Marble bust of Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives
	House wing, second floor, main corridor**Sparrow, Louise Kidder (1884-1979)**

Plaster bust of Theodore Burton, member of the House of Representatives and Senate**Spencer, Jean Van Vliet (1904?- )**

Portrait of Daniel Alden Reed, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee**Sprung, Sharon (1953- )**

Portrait of Jeanette Rankin, first woman elected to Congress
	Portrait of Patsy Mink, first woman of color and first Asian-American woman elected to Congress
	House Connecting Corridor, first floor**Stanton, Lucy M. (1875-1931)**

Portrait of Howell Cobb, Speaker of the House of Representatives**Vonnoh, Bessie Potter (1872-1954)**

Marble bust of James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States**Waite, Emily B. (1887-1980)**

Portrait of Philip J. Philbin, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee**Whitney, Anne (1821-1915)**

Marble statue of Samuel Adams
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