Frances Willard, Statue

Title: Frances Willard, Statue
Creator: Mears, Helen Farnsworth
Commemorates: Willard, Frances
Biographical Text: Marble standing statue depicting Willard. Sculpted by artist Helen Farnsworth Mears in 1905.

The statue is located in the National Statuary Hall of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Willard was chosen as the individual to represent the state of Illinois in the hall, and was the first statue in the collection erected in honor of a woman. The statue was gifted by the state of Illinois, and was officially unveiled on the 17th of February, 1905.
Text: FRANCES E WILLARD
AH! IT IS WOMEN WHO HAVE GIVEN THE COSTLIEST
HOSTAGES TO FORTUNE. OUT INTO THE BATTLE OF LIFE
THEY HAVE SENT THEIR BEST BELOVED, WITH FEARFUL
ODDS AGAINST THEM. OH, BY THE DANGERS THEY HAVE
DARED; BY THE HOURS OF PATIENT WATCHING OVER
BEDS WHERE HELPLESS CHILDREN LAY; BY THE INCENSE
OF TEN THOUSAND PRAYERS WAFTED FROM THEIR GENTLE
LIPS TO HEAVEN, I CHARGE YOU GIVE THEM POWER TO
PROTECT ALONG LIFE'S TREACHEROUS HIGHWAY THOSE
WHOM THEY HAVE SO LOVED.
Date Created: 1905
Type: English Statue
Bibliographic Citation: "Statue of Frances Willard," The Carollton Democrat. Feb. 24, 1905.; Frances E. Willard, Architect of The Capitol; Frances E Willard Statue in the US Capitol, Wander Women Project
Project Researcher: O'Neill, Iris

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Frances E. Willard, Statue, November 1993

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