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Post by Solomon on May 10, 2009 9:01:28 GMT 10
Happy Mothers' Day[Left, Charlotte Beysser Bartholdi] The Statue of Liberty stands with six women in this "Mother of Exiles" quilt by Rebekka Seigel of Owenton, Ky. Left to right, they are Anne Hutchinson, who challenged the Puritan establishment in Massachusetts; Betsy Ross, who probably contributed part of the design of the US flag; Harriet Tubman, who led escaped slaves to freedom; Susan B. Anthony, who fought for women's voting rights; Emma Lazarus, who wrote the poem "The New Colossus" that linked the statue to immigrants' hopes; and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who helped draft the UN Declaration of Human Rights.Courtesy Phyllis George.The sculpture, Bro. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, modelled the Statue of Libertyon his mother, Charlotte Beysser Bartholdi
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