historical women figures, Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

August 2, 2021 Activism

Can We Please Get Statues of These Women in the U.S. Capitol?

Only 5 percent of the historic figures represented in the Capitol are women. Sen. Amy Klobuchar is on a mission to change that.

The first in-person meeting Sen. Amy Klobuchar had during the pandemic was with the daughter and granddaughter of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and that pow-wow spurred a timely idea: the U.S. Capitol needs a statue of the "notorious RBG." And not just her, but Sandra Day O'Connor as well.

The Capitol's existing collection includes Helen Keller, Sacagawea, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth.

Klobuchar was motivated by the obvious dearth of women represented at the Capitol. "You don't have to have a Ph.D. to walk around here and think, 'Huh, they're all men,' " Klobuchar told NPR. "And that's just wrong."

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