The Secret Life of Lady Liberty

Trip to Washington, D.C.

During the course of writing the book, we visited Washington, D.C. to see the statues in and around the Capitol, and we took a lot of snapshots. The Secret Life of Lady Liberty is available to buy on Amazon.com.

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“This powerful and timely portrayal of Lady Liberty includes an exploration of the artistic, cultural, and historical contexts that have informed this cultural icon. Along the way, the authors delve into much women’s history and “exhume”> long buried feminists and feminist concepts such as Republican Motherhood as women created a political role for themselves prior to woman suffrage. It also depicts how ‘The Lady’ was used as an icon in the movement for the vote. The book packs a great deal of political punch and history while explaining the symbolism of women’s role in our political life — past and present — missing from even our higher education today.”

— Edith P. Mayo, curator emeritus in Political and Women’s History, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution

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