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Waving Girl and Dog
Savannah, GA
The Waving Girl and Dog statue depicts Florence Martus who waved at arriving and departing ships at the Savannah River port from 1887-1931. This 9-foot-tall, bronze statue was created by Felix De Weldon and installed in 1972. For more, see this website. [map]

Radium Girl
Ottawa, IL
 Madonna of the Trail
Vandalia, IL
The bronze Radium Girl sculpture is a memorial to the thousands of girls that worked at the Radium Dial Company factory in Ottawa during the 1920s and 1930s. They painted the glow-in-the-dark wristwatch dials with a toxic radium material and developed cancer and other diseases. The statue depicts a girl holding a paintbrush and a wilted tulip. The sculpture was created by William Piller and installed in 2011. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [map]

The Madonna of the Trail sculpture was created by August Leimbach and installed in 1928. It was carved from a pink algonite stone. At some point, the monument was painted a darker red. By 2021, it was painted white. The 10-foot-tall woman and her two children are installed on a 6-foot-tall base. [map]

Quintessential Engineer
Urbana, IL
 Coffee Pot Lady
Streator, IL
The bronze Quintessential Engineer sculpture was created by Julie Rotblatt Amrany of the Fine Art Studio of Rotblatt Amrany. It was installed here at the University of Illinois in 2017. The sculpture of "Quinn" is meant to depict and inspire women in the engineering field. For more, see this website. [map]

This bronze Coffee Pot Lady sculpture was installed at the Santa Fe Railroad Station in 2006. It was produced by Taylor Studios as a tribute to the women that greeted soldiers at the train station that were passing through Streator during World War II. They provided them with sandwiches and coffee. [map]

Maud Powell
Peru, IL
Maud Powell was a famous violinist who was born in Peru. This eight-foot-tall bronze sculpture was created by Joseph Heyd and installed in 1995. For more, see this website. [map]

Dellora Norris
St. Charles, IL
 Emmett Till's Mother
Summit, IL
This bronze sculpture of Dellora Norris was created by Ray Kobald and installed by 2006. Norris was an heir to the Texaco Oil, a philanthropist, and civic club participant in St. Charles. She gifted several buildings to the city including the St. Charles Municipal Building where this sculpture is installed. For more, see this website. [map]

This bronze sculpture of Emmett Till's Mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, was installed in front of Argo Community High School in 2023. She was a student at the school. The scupture was designed by Sonja Henderson. For more, see this website. [map]

Statue of the Republic
Chicago, IL
This 24-foot-tall, gilded bronze sculpture of the Statue of the Republic was created by Daniel Chester French and installed in 1918. It was modeled after the temporary, 65-foot-tall statue which was created by French and installed at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. For more, see this website. [map]

Dorothy and Toto
Bloomington, IL
This wood-carved Dorothy and Toto sculpture is located in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. It was created in 2018 from a diseased tree by Bill Baker of Top Notch Chainsaw Carving. The sculpture is at the grave of Dorothy Louise Gage who died in 1898 when she was 5 months old. L. Frank Baum, who wrote "The Wizard of Oz," named the character after her. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

More Illinois:
Lizzie Magie (Macomb)
Awaking Muse (Schaumburg)

Sojourner Truth
Angola, IN
This bronze sculpture of Sojourner Truth was created by Jim Haire and installed in front of the courthouse in 2021. Sojourner was an abolitionist, women's rights activist, evangelist, and author. She spoke on the courthouse steps in 1861. For more, see this website. [map]

The Graces
Anderson, IN
The Graces sculpture was created by Kenneth G. Ryden in 2003 in Dickmann Town Center. The bronze figures are installed in a fountain. [map]

Scrap Metal Woman and Scales
Jeffersonville, IN
The Scrap Metal Woman and Scales were built in 1983 at a former scrap metal yard. The woman is officially titled "I Am Your Mother." For more, see this website. [map]

Rosie the Riveter
Clarksville, IN
This Rosie the Riveter sculpture was installed in 2022. Rose Will Monroe was one of four "official" Rosie the Riveters during World War II. She worked at a Michigan aircraft factory. After the war, she settled in Clarksville. For more, see this website. [map]

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