The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-05-08
By William E. Curtis in Washington
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by ilIldIn Z. CuTIlS III "dSulllSt ou
Star.
l have found twenty-eight monu-
ments and memorials erected to the
honor of women in the United States,
and several women have more than one.
| am quite sure that more honors OF
this kind have been paid to women in
the United States than III any other
country IN the world.
Graefin BeuIow Won Dennewltz OF
Munich, who is writing a book on
monuments to women, calls my atten-
ton to a bust of Harriet Beecher
Stowe in Hartford. a statue of Harriet
Martineau in Boston and pavilion on
the coast of Long Island which was
erected in honor Of Margaret Fuller
Ossoi. In addition to these | have
found the following:
Monument to Mary Ball Washington,
the mother of George Washington, at
Fredericksb urg, Va, the second that
has been erected IN her honor upon the
same spot.
A statue of Frances E. Willard, the
temperance advocate and author, in
SteilNttIN iAdII VI tdt -fGtilpAtii tlCbi
in Washington.
Two monuments to Hannah Dustin, a
heroine OF early colonial times III New
England at Concord, \. H.. and Haver-
hill, Mass.
\ monument to Frances Slocum, a
white woman who was captured by the
Indians IN childhood and spent her life
as the wife of chief. 1t is situated
near where she lived, at Peru, Ind
A statue of Margaret Haugherty, a
baker of New Orleans, who left q for
tune to the orphans of that city.
Catherine ekak- wi-tha, 1.-The savage
saint, - the first Indian nun, a Mo
hawk, who was converted to Christian
itv in 1866, has memorial cross
erected in her honor and a statue at
st. Joseph Seminary, at Auriesville,
Montgomery County, \. Y.
Sakaiawe called 1.-the bird woman. -
who led Lewis and Clark through the
mountains on their exploring expedition
in lS04-o, has one monument in the city
park. Portland, Ore; another over her
grave IN the ShoshOne agency cemetery
at WashakiO, WyO., and third mOnu-
ment is nearly completed for the
women of North Dakota. which will be
placed in front 81 the capitol at Bis
marck.
y monument to Pocahontas intended
to be erected on jamestown Island by
the women Of the country, is still in the
artist S studio.
A fountain was erected in Dubuque
IN honor Of Kate Shelly, farmer 5
daughter of Iowa, who saved railway
train from destruction some years ago.
At Gadsdeu, Ala, is statue Of
Emma Samson. Confederate heroine.
who guided Gen. Forrest over the
mountains.
In Capitol Park, Birmingham, is a
statue OF Mary y, Callahan, who was
principal of a public school in that city
for thirty years.
In Fairview cemetery, Radford,
Montgomery, County, Va, is monu-
ment to Mary Draper Inglis, the first
white bride married west Of the Ale
gheny mountains, and one Of the BRAY
est heroines Of pioneer history.
In the Island Of Nantucket is a me
mortal observatory and telescope erect
I'd in honor Of Maria Mitchell. profes-
sor of astronomy at Nassar College,
and eminent i'll that science
On the battlefield of Gettysburg is a
monument erected by the Women $ Re
lief Corps of Iowa as q memorial to
Miss Jennie Wade. who was killed on
the morning Of July while baking
bread for the Union soldiers during the
battle.
There is monument at Adrian,
Mich. TO Aunt Laura" Havjland. a
Quakeress, who did mighty things for
the release Of slaves and was eminent
as nurse during the civil war.
Mary Ann Bickerdyke. another fam
Gus army nurse, has a monument in the
public park at Galesburg, Ill.
In the quadrangle of Leland Stanford
University at Palo Alto. Cal. j. a
bronze figure Of the late Mrs. Stanford.
On the battle-ground OF Guiiford, n
e.. is a bronze statue Of Mrs. i<ereu-
Gappuck Norman Turner, who rode on
horseback from Maryland 10 Guilford
and nursed 10 health her son who
had been badly wounded in the battle.
In EImwood cemetery. Memphis. are
notable monuments erected n honor Of
Matte Stephenson and Emily sutton
two magd3leueS Of that eitv. who
opened their doors to homeless victims
Of the yellow fever in 1873. and uur~e1
fhcm with heroic devotion until they
themselves SuccUmhed 70 the epidemic
At Arlington cemetery Is mouu
mcnt erected by the nurses Of the
United States to the members Of THEN
association who died during the Span
ISL war.
The pupils of Miss Clara Conway
formerly principal Of Conway Institute
and Jennie NJ. Higbee, formerly prin