{"id":1714,"date":"2019-03-01T18:59:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2019-03-01T18:59:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:59:24","slug":"speaker-corey-johnson-and-new-york-historical-society-announce-new-installation-in-city-hall-celebrating-iconic-new-york-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2019\/03\/01\/1714\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Corey Johnson and New-York Historical Society Announce New Installation in City Hall Celebrating Iconic New York Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York, NY<\/strong> \u2013 New York<br \/>\nCity Council Speaker Corey Johnson and the New-York Historical Society\u2019s Center<br \/>\nfor Women\u2019s History announced <em>Women\u2019s Voices: Shaping the City<\/em>, a new<br \/>\ndisplay in City Hall created to honor a diverse and iconic selection of women<br \/>\nwhose contributions to New York City history deserve public recognition. The<br \/>\nspecial installation reflects the New York City Council and Speaker Johnson\u2019s<br \/>\ncommitment to addressing the vast gender disparity in public artwork and<br \/>\nmonuments around the City. Portraits of eight female figures will be displayed<br \/>\nin City Hall along with biographical information and inspirational quotes that help<br \/>\ndefine their legacies. <em>Women\u2019s Voices: Shaping the City<\/em> will be unveiled<br \/>\nat City Hall on Friday, March 1, 2019, at the start of Women\u2019s History Month in<br \/>\nconjunction with the Council\u2019s month-long Herstory celebration. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs New Yorkers realize that we<br \/>\nas a City have utterly failed to adequately recognize the contributions of<br \/>\nwomen and try to fix it, this City Council is proud to lead the way in creating<br \/>\npublic monuments to our City\u2019s monumental women,\u201d <strong>said Speaker Corey Johnson<\/strong>.<br \/>\n\u201cMost New Yorkers agree that the future is female, but the past was female too,<br \/>\nand the entire City needs to do a better job of celebrating that fact and<br \/>\ntelling stories that have gone untold for far too long. I am proud beyond words<br \/>\nthat Shirley Chisholm, Frances Perkins, and Antonia Pantoja will now grace the<br \/>\nsame City Hall walls as George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The men we have<br \/>\nmemorialized in this building have gone without strong female representation<br \/>\nalongside them for far too long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe New-York Historical Society is<br \/>\nthrilled to partner with the City Council and heartened by Speaker Johnson\u2019s<br \/>\nsupport of our Center for Women\u2019s History,\u201d <strong>said Valerie Paley,<br \/>\nsenior&nbsp;vice&nbsp;president, chief historian, and director of the Center<br \/>\nfor Women&#8217;s History<\/strong>. \u201cBy showcasing our important work on the walls of City<br \/>\nHall, the City Council reminds all New Yorkers of the vital contributions of<br \/>\nwomen to the city\u2019s story. The timing of the launch, during Women\u2019s History<br \/>\nMonth, couldn\u2019t be more appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The New Yorkers featured in <em>Women\u2019s<br \/>\nVoices: Shaping the City<\/em> are: <\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Alice Austen, an LGBTQ \u201camateur\u201d photographer<br \/>\nwhose work is a window into her New York City experience; <\/li>\n<li>Antonia Pantoja, Puerto Rican educator and<br \/>\ncommunity activist; <\/li>\n<li>Beverly Sills, Brooklyn-bred opera soprano; <\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker<br \/>\nmovement and newspaper; <\/li>\n<li>Frances Perkins, the first ever female United<br \/>\nStates cabinet member; <\/li>\n<li>Dorothy Lee, a Chinese-American \u201cRosie the<br \/>\nRiveter\u201d at the Brooklyn Navy Yard; <\/li>\n<li>Shirley Chisholm, the country\u2019s first African-American<br \/>\nCongresswoman who represented Brooklyn\u2019s Twelfth District for seven terms and<br \/>\nran a groundbreaking presidential campaign in 1972;<\/li>\n<li>and Zora Neale Hurston, famed writer,<br \/>\nanthropologist, and fixture of the Harlem Renaissance. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;As Chair of the Committee<br \/>\non Women, I am delighted and deeply moved that the City Council and New-York<br \/>\nHistorical Society have joined forces to honor some of the women who have made<br \/>\na lasting impact on our city. This special installation is a wonderful start to<br \/>\nour celebration of Women&#8217;s History Month, and begins to address the pervasive<br \/>\nabsence of women from what is considered \u201cofficial\u201d history. Beginning in<br \/>\nMarch, visitors to City Hall will finally be able to learn about some of the<br \/>\nwomen who changed New York, and the world, for the better,&#8221; <strong>said<br \/>\nCouncil Member Helen Rosenthal, Chair of the Committee on Women<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York City women have played<br \/>\na huge role in our City\u2019s rich history since the beginning,\u201d <strong>said Council<br \/>\nMember Margaret S. Chin, Co-Chair of the Council\u2019s Women\u2019s Caucus<\/strong>. \u201cIt is<br \/>\ntime that we recognize leaders like Dorothy Lee who blazed a trail as the only<br \/>\nChinese American woman working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. I<br \/>\nhope everyone will stop by City Hall to visit the <em>Women\u2019s Voices: Shaping<br \/>\nthe City<\/em> exhibit. I want to thank both the New York Historical Society and<br \/>\nSpeaker Johnson for acknowledging that women\u2019s history is New York\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith only 11 women in the City<br \/>\nCouncil and none in citywide office, it&#8217;s clear that we need to end the culture<br \/>\nof exclusion that tells women to wait their turn when they aspire to lead. I<br \/>\nwant to thank Speaker Corey Johnson for doing his part by recognizing the<br \/>\nincredible accomplishments that New York women have achieved and showing any<br \/>\nyoung girl who visits City Hall that they too can one day become a talented<br \/>\nartist, an enterprising CEO, or even a member of the New York City Council,\u201d <strong>said<br \/>\nNew York City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera, Co-Chair of the Council\u2019s Women\u2019s<br \/>\nCaucus<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPublic artwork and monuments must be reflective of our city and our history. As Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee, I am proud that the NYC Council is taking the initiative to improve the gender diversity of public arts in City Hall and to recognize women activists for their vast achievements and contributions to our city,\u201d <strong>said Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The New-York Historical Society, one of America\u2019s preeminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research and presenting history and art exhibitions and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered history of New York City and State and the country, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history. <\/p>\n<p> New-York Historical\u2019s Center for Women\u2019s History is the first of its kind in the nation within the walls of a major museum. Its work explores the lives and legacies of women who have shaped and continue to shape the American experience. As a hub for scholarship and education, the Center demonstrates how women across the spectrum of race, class, and sexuality exercised power and effected change. Guided by a committee of distinguished historians and informed by the latest research, the Center features permanent installations, temporary exhibitions, and a vibrant array of talks and programs, enriching the cultural landscape of New York City and creating new opportunities for historical discovery. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/nyhistory.org\">nyhistory.org<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>New York, NY<\/strong> \u2013 New York<br \/>\nCity Council Speaker Corey Johnson and the New-York Historical Society\u2019s Center<br \/>\nfor Women\u2019s History announced <em>Women\u2019s Voices: Shaping the City<\/em>, a new<br \/>\ndisplay in City Hall created to honor a diverse and iconic selection of women<br \/>\nwhose contributions to New York City history deserve public recognition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/2019\/03\/01\/1714\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1714\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}