Eleanor Roosevelt Monument
The Eleanor Roosevelt Monument is a memorial located in New York City's Riverside Park, whose centerpiece is a statue of Eleanor Roosevelt, said to be the first monument dedicated to an American president's wife.[1] At the monument's dedication in 1996, then–First Lady Hillary Clinton gave the keynote speech.
Design
The landscape architects Bruce Kelly and David Varnell designed the monument, and Penelope Jencks sculpted the statue, boulder, and foot stone. The architect Michael Dwyer designed inscriptions in the surrounding granite pavement, including a quotation from Roosevelt's 1958 speech at the United Nations advocating universal human rights, and a bronze tablet, located in the planting bed, summarizing her achievements.[2]
Gallery
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Monument designed by Bruce Kelly & David Varnell. -
The statue of Eleanor Roosevelt seen from the south. -
The statue of Eleanor Roosevelt seen from the northeast. -
The statue of Eleanor Roosevelt seen from the northwest. -
The statue, boulder, and footstone, sculpted by Penelope Jencks. -
Inscription of Adlai Stevenson Quote, designed by Michael Dwyer. -
Eleanor Roosevelt Biographical Plaque, designed by Michael Dwyer.
