Monumento a la Mujer
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  Monumento a la Mujer Location of the statue within Puerto Rico | |
| Artist | Maria Elena Perales |
| Year | 2002 |
| Type | Bronze |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Subject | Puerto Rican women |
| Condition | Pristine |
| Location | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
| 18°0′29.268″N 66°36′48.0234″W / 18.00813000°N 66.613339833°W | |
| Owner | Municipality of Ponce, PR |
Monumento a la Mujer is a bronze statue commemorating the contributions of the Puerto Rican women to the Puerto Rican society. It is located in a highly transited area at the forks of Calle Marina and Calle Mayor Cantera, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, next to Parque Urbano Dora Colón Clavell. It was unveiled in 2002.[1] Its sculptor was Maria Elena Perales.[2]
Background
With the turn of the century, the role of women in Puerto Rican society had advanced dramatically. There were more women graduating from colleges and universities and more women than ever were entering the fields of politics, public health, management and finance, even clergy work. At the time, the city of Ponce had just undergone significant improvements in its infrastructure thanks to the Plan Ponce en Marcha. The local chapter of the League of Women commissioned a statue be built to commemorate the role of women in that advance. The result of the Monumento a la Mujer.
Description
The statue consists of a young woman with her right arm stretched up high and holding a small depiction of the globe of the Earth on her hand. The statue is supported by a 12-foot high pedestal in two levels. The top level, 10 feet high, is built in marble and is supported by a 4-feet high lower level built in concrete. There is a triangular obelisk that protrudes about 8 inches from the front of the pedestal that, when viewed from certain angles, gives the impression the statue rests on an obelisk. The monument has various plaques commemorating the history behind the monument.
One plaque has an inscription that reads (Note: English translation is not part of the inscription, and it is given here to the right):
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The statue's sculptor is Maria Elena Perales,[3] who is also the sculptor of the busts of Simón Bolívar, Juan Pablo Duarte, José de San Martín, and Luis Muñoz Marín, at the Plaza de los Proceres Latinoamericanos (Plaza of Latin American statesmen) in Parque del Tricentanario at Bulevar Miguel Pou in Ponce.[4]
Ponce League of Women
The statue was donated by the Ponce chapter of the League of Women to the municipality of Ponce. The League of Women is a civic organization that advocates for the advancement and participation of women in Puerto Rican society.
See also
References
- ^ Luis A. Rodriguez Vazquez. Vida, Pasion y Muerte a Orillas del Rio Baramaya. 2009. p.90.
- ^ NotiSur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6-12 August 1998.
- ^ NotiSur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 6-12 August 1998.
- ^ Monumento a Lolita Tizol en Ponce. Esculturas y Monumentos en Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Art News. 22 July 2016. Accessed 10 February 2018.