Eleanor Roosevelt Monument

The Eleanor Roosevelt Monument is located at the southeast corner of New York City's Riverside Park. It was the first work of public art in New York City to be dedicated to an American woman and, according to the Eleanor Roosevelt Monument Fund, which provided much of the funding for the project, it was the first work of public art to be dedicated to an American president's wife. The
centerpiece of the monument is a bronze statue of Eleanor Roosevelt. Hillary Clinton gave the keynote address at the monument's dedication on October 5, 1996.

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