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1. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › new-virginiaNew Virginia Monument Will Pay Tribute to Hundreds of ...

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   Others honored with a statue include Clementina Bird Rind, the pioneering editor of the Virginia Gazette, Maggie L. Walker, the first female bank president in the United States, and Elizabeth ...

2. womensmonumentcom.virginia.govVirginia Womens Monument Commission

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   Voices from the Garden is the first monument of its kind in the nation recognizing the full range of women’s achievements when a dozen life-sized statues of women find their place on the newly constructed plaza. The addition of these Virginians – representative of the state’s regions, its 400-year history, and the diversity of achievement ...

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   How much does it cost to build the Virginia Women's monument?

   • Each of the 12 statues in the Virginia Women’s Monument requires a $200,000 investment in order to be commissioned with StudioEIS, the Brooklyn-based sculpture and design studio that created the vision for the monument. The statues take several months to be completed after being commissioned.

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   What did aristocratic women do in the Byzantine Empire?

   • Aristocratic women in the Byzantine Empire, then, like in the earlier Western Roman Empire, were largely expected to marry, produce children and then look after them. Women also cared for the family home - specifically its property and servants. Girls, if they received education at all, were educated in the family home.

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4. www.npr.org › 2019/12/01 › 784005881In Virginia, Sacagawea Gets Her Own Statue : NPR

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   Dec 1, 2019 · City leaders in Charlottesville, Va., will remove a statue of Lewis and Clark because their guide, Sacagawea, is portrayed as weak. They will replace it with one that highlights her importance.

5. richmond.com › news › local'A monumental day': Seven statues unveiled at Virginia Women ...

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   The statue of Elizabeth Keckly, seamstress and confidante to Mary Todd Lincoln, foreground, one of the seven statues unveiled, is surrounded by the crowd at the dedication of the Virginia Women's ...

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7. www.worldhistory.org › article › 1212Women in the Byzantine Empire - World History Encyclopedia

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   • The Role of Aristocratic Women
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   • Famous Byzantine Women

   Unlike in many other medieval cultures, Byzantine history, as written by the people of the period themselves, almost exclusively focuses on the exaggerated deeds and misdemeanours of emperors along with a separate and equally problematic literatureon saints and squabbles over religious doctrine. Social history is almost entirely neglected and what ...

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   As in most ancient cultures, the women we know most about in Byzantium are those who belonged to the upper classes. One event which greatly affected the role of all women in Byzantine society, though, was the increasing prominence of Christianitythrough the centuries, as here summarised by the historian L. Garland: To better ensure a girl remained ...

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   Women who had to earn a living worked in the agricultural, retail, manufacturing (especially textiles and silk) and hospitality industries. Some of the known jobs which could be performed by women included those of the weavers, bakers, cooks, innkeepers, washerwomen, midwives, medical practitioners, money-lenders and bath keepers. Many of these job...

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   Women had certain rights regarding property. A wife could not be separated from her dowry and daughters could inherit an equal portion of the family estate with their brothers if no specific will was made. If a husband died, his wife became the official guardian of the children. Women could, then, become landowners in their own right, head a househ...

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   Byzantium has a long history and it involves many women of note. Perhaps the first Byzantine woman to achieve lasting fame is Helena (born c. 250 CE), the mother of Constantine I, who famously embarked on a pilgrimage to Jerusalemwhere she built several churches, notably the Church of the Nativity at Bethlehem, and gave out money to the worthy and ...

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8. www.metmuseum.org › art › collectionStatuette of a Woman | Byzantine | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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   Title: Statuette of a Woman. Date: 5th–6th century. Culture: Byzantine. Medium: Copper alloy. Dimensions: Overall: 7 15/16 x 3 11/16 x 2 9/16 in. (20.2 x 9.3 x 6.5 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Bronze. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1949. Accession Number: 49.60.5

9. womensmonumentcom.virginia.gov › aboutVirginia Womens Monument Commission

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   The Virginia General Assembly established the Women’s Commission in 2010 (Senate Joint Resolution 11) to "determine and recommend … an appropriate monument in Capitol Square to commemorate the contributions of the women of Virginia. Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2010. Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 10, 2010