“There are two images in my document. The first is an AI rendering to show the statues, green areas and paths. The statues would be nestled throughout the paths within the greens. The second is a simple diagram to convey the idea that the paths would form concentric circles that are centered within each other horizontally and all aligned at the bottom vertically. I like the concentric circles anchored at the bottom because they represent the 'waves' the first women made and at the same time, conveys the broadening influence as time went by and more and more women took up the call to fight for our rights. I didn't include benches, seating, etc as I feel that will be determined later.”
I read through the proposal, recommendation and approval documents to get an idea of the size and shape of the area where the park will be. Then I read through many of the articles on the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Reading through the events inspired the idea of concentric circles. Our journey truly started with the 3 women - Abigail Adams, Sojourner Truth and the Grimke Sisters (Sara and Angelina).
As I thought about them and then the ensuing events leading up to the 19th amendment, I just visualized the very beginning with small ripples and then the growing ripples as women gained more and more support.
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