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RIDGEFIELD, Conn. (AP) — A sculptor known for trying to redress history through her art is creating the first statue of real-life women for New York’s Central Park, where the only females so honored until now have been fictional characters. Meredith Bergmann’s vision for the sculpture, chosen from 91 submissions, features three women’s rights pioneers […]

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On this day in 1843 at the age of 52, Isabella Baumfree became Sojourner Truth and devoted the next 40 years of her life into liberating her people and spreading the gospel. Born in New York State presumably around 1797 as Isabella Baumfree, she was bought and sold for much of her young life. In […]

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Harriet Tubman isn’t the only African-American or woman to get historic face time on U.S. currency.  In addition to Tubman landing the $20 bill, Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew also announced today that Sojourner Truth, Marian Anderson and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be added to bills as well. The back of the new […]