Women in history deserve statues, too

The struggle to get the suffrage statue out of the basement

It took gazing at a massive monument near the banks of the Potomac 40 years ago that made me understand what was missing in Washington, D.C.

The elaborate memorial, 20 feet high and surrounded with allegorical figures, a compass and a life-size statue of the seated honoree, is… drumroll please… all for the glory of John C. Ericsson, the inventor of the …