Put a Female Statue on a Vacant Pedestal? An Italian City Says Not So Fast.

Put a Female Statue on a Vacant Pedestal? An Italian City Says Not So Fast.In Padua, Italy, a proposal to include a female philosopher in a monument whose 78 sculptures are all men has spurred debate.

Italy: proposal for statue of first woman to get PhD sparks debate Statue of Elena Cornaro Piscopia could go up in square in Padua that contains 78 statues all dedicated to men
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‘Perhaps it is not so well known that the figures to whom the stone effigies are dedicated are all, without exception, men’