Statue of Frances Willard

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Frances Willard
Statue of Frances Willard in the US Capitol.JPG
The statue in 2009
Artist Helen Farnsworth Mears
Subject Frances Willard
Location Washington, D.C., United States

Frances E. Willard is a marble sculpture depicting the American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist of the same name, created by Helen Farnsworth Mears and installed in the United States Capitol's National Statuary Hall, in Washington, D.C., as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue was given by the U.S. state of Illinois in 1905, making Willard the first woman to be honored in the Collection. [1]

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  1. "Frances E. Willard". Architect of the Capitol. Archived from the original on May 1, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2018.