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WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation announced their Council of Advisors, a group of nationally recognized leaders and experts in American women’s history, public art, monuments and memorials, and civic engagement. 

“We are honored to welcome these distinguished leaders to our Council of Advisors,” said Anna Laymon, Executive Director of the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation. “With their expertise guiding this effort, we will ensure that the 36 million people who visit our Nation’s Capital each year experience a deeper and more inclusive American story.”

“The Foundation’s leadership model is intentionally structured to elevate a diversity of voices, experiences, and expertise that will collectively guide the organization’s work to build this monument,” said Dr. Colleen Shogan, Chair of the Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation’s Board of Directors. “The Council of Advisors will play a critical role in guiding the Foundation’s work to establish a national monument in Washington, D.C. to commemorate women’s fight for the vote and honor the pioneers of the early American movement for women’s equality.”

Appointees to the Council of Advisors include: 

A’Lelia Bundles, Journalist and Author
Robert Cooney Jr., Director, Women Suffrage Media Project
Naomi Coquillon, Chief of Informal Learning, Library of Congress
Dr. Paula Giddings, Professor (Emerita) of Africana Studies, Smith College
Page Harrington, Public Historian, Author, and Former Executive Director of the National Woman’s Party
Dr. Ida Jones, Associate Director of Special Collections and University Archivist, Morgan State
Dr. Jane Kamensky, Professor of American History at Harvard & Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women at Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Dr. Allison Lange, Associate Professor of History, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Dr. Kate Lemay, Acting Senior Historian, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
Gwen Pier, Executive Director, National Sculpture Society
Corinne Porter, Curator, National Archives
Dr. Ashley Roberston Preston, Assistant Professor of History, Howard University
Rebecca Roberts, Author and Public Historian
Dr. Vedet Coleman-Robinson, Executive Director, Association of African American Museums
Janice Ruth, Chief of Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Robin Salmon, Curator of Sculpture and Vice President of Art and Historical Collections, Brookgreen Gardens
Alan Spears, Senior Director for Cultural Resources, National Parks Conservation Association
Dr. Sally Wagner, Professor of Women’s Studies and Founder/Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation 
Elaine Weiss, Author and Public Historian

Visit our Council of Advisors page to learn more about the role of the Council and to read the detailed biographies of our distinguished membership.

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION
The Women’s Suffrage National Monument Foundation leads the effort to fund, design, develop, and construct the Women's Suffrage National Monument, which will serve as a lasting legacy to the longest political movement in American history and honor the generations of women who lobbied, marched, picketed, and protested in their decades-long fight for equality.  For more information visit www.womensmonument.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

SUPPORT
Amongst our most iconic monuments and memorials, American women’s stories are missing. Today, fewer than 5% of statues in our Nation’s Capital depict women. And we need your support. Like most monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C., the Women's Suffrage National Monument will be funded in its entirety through private donations. Learn more about our movement, donate, and be a part of making history.

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