
Barbara Chase-Riboud: Monuments and controversy
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Theodore Roosevelt's Statue
This book began a whole series of other historical novels about invisible women. I'm hoping that something significant will happen with my replacing Theodore Roosevelt's statue, which was removed earlier this year after 80 years. It's not a matter of exchange. It's a matter of historical truth. And it goes back to 1619. So with Naomi Campbell's profile. You mentioned Sarah Bartman, and of course she was the southern African woman, who was known in a derogatory way as the hot and talk Venus. She travelled around the west in the 19th century. And of course Sarah Bartman is the subject of Africa rising. The winged victory that is the Nike on top of the statue.
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