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Two statues in New York City honor late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Two statues in New York City honor late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Artists Gillie and Marc designed the Brooklyn statue with Ginsburg’s participation and approval as part of a “Statues for Equality” series.
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, circa 2006. Credit: Steve Petteway by Wikimedia Commons.
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(March 12, 2021 / JNS) Two statues honoring the late Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are being unveiled in her home city of New York.
A bronze statue of Ginsburg in Central Park will be unveiled on Friday, the seventh installment in a series of statues at the park that celebrates women.
Brooklyn, N.Y., debuted a new statue of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg RBG was clearly a symbol of what s great about this country and how, when we are inclusive, we can stop the level of exclusiveness that is pervasive throughout this country, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said, according to NBC News.
The bronze statue, created by artists Gillie and Marc in consultation with Ginsburg before her death, commemorates the late feminist icon during Women s History Month.
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A proud daughter of Brooklyn, Ruth Bader Ginsburg dedicated her life to breaking down barriers and making our country a more equitable place. Her powerful example has inspired New Yorkers of all generations, and this new statue will ensure her legacy lives on for generations. pic.twitter.com/RxIzBM2kUW Eric Adams (@BKBoroHall) March 12, 2021
Gillie and Marc’s statue of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Photo courtesy of the artists.
Meanwhile, the city’s She Built NYC initiative, launched in 2018, will build monuments to jazz legend Billie Holiday, public health pioneer Helen Rodríguez Trías, civil rights leader Elizabeth Jennings Graham, lighthouse keeper Katherine Walker, and Shirley Chisholm, the nation’s first Black congresswoman.
Those names were chosen after a public poll; when the most-suggested woman, Saint Frances Cabrini, wasn’t among those chosen for a statue, her fellow Italian American, Governor Andrew Cuomo, took it upon himself to arrange for a monument in her honor. The statue, by Jill and Giancarlo Biagi, was unveiled in Battery Park City this past October. (The pandemic has delayed the city’s statues indefinitely.)
Published March 12. 2021 11:58PM
Tim Balk, New York Daily News
NEW YORK A 7-foot-tall bronze statue honoring late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was unveiled Friday morning in her Brooklyn hometown.
Borough President Eric Adams and Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte pulled a sheet off the 650-pound sculpture in the lobby of downtown Brooklyn’s City Point shopping center as cameras clicked.
“She kept that Brooklyn pride and stride as she sat on the bench,” said Adams. “She made it clear right out of Midwood that she was happy to be a Brooklynite.”
Brooklyn is returning the love. Her March 15, 1933, birthday will now be celebrated as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Day in the city’s most populous borough.