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Event emcee Courtis Fuller paid tribute to Spencer during his opening speech calling her a woman of many firsts, saying thanks to a Queen of Our City.
WLWT Anchor/Reporter Courtis Fuller emceed the Spencer Statue unveiling on June 27, 2021.
Credit Cory Sharber / WVXU No one except God Almighty could know how Marian Alexander Spencer would change this city and really, change the world over the next 99 years, Fuller said.
Marian Spencer s son, Edward, nearly didn t attend due to travel concerns involving COVID-19, but says Blood drew me here. He talked about his mother s courage and the strength she gave to others.
Provided / Tom Tsuchiya
The first statue in Hamilton County of a specific woman will go up before the end of this year. That s the hope of the Women s City Club of Greater Cincinnati. Work to install the statue honoring the late Marian Spencer started this week at Smale Riverfront Park.
Statue Committee Chair Alice Schneider says the original plan was to put the statue in place in June, but the coronavirus pandemic got in the way. Tom Tsuchiya, the sculptor, had to stop working for a while. We had a bit of a setback, but we are on track now, she says. The construction crew is there pulling up the pavers, digging in, then they re going to put some cement down.