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Confederate Women's Monument

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Confederate Women's Monument
The monument in 2008
ArtistJ. Maxwell Miller
Year1917 (1917)
2017: removed
MediumBronze sculpture
LocationBaltimore, Maryland, U.S.
OwnerCity of Baltimore

The Confederate Women's Monument was an outdoor memorial by J. Maxwell Miller,[1] installed in Baltimore, in the U.S. state of Maryland in 1917.[2]

The statue was removed in August 2017.[3][4] At the August 14, 2017, City Council session, they also voted unanimously to remove the Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument and the Roger B. Taney Sculpture.[5]

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References

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  1. ^ Rusk, William Sener, Art in Baltimore: Monuments and Memorials, The Norman Remington Company, Baltimore, 1924 p.131
  2. ^ Kelly, Cindy, Outdoor Sculpture in Baltimore: A Historical Guide to Public Art in the Monumental City, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2011 p. 223
  3. ^ Grierson, Jamie (16 August 2017). "Baltimore takes down Confederate statues in middle of night". The Guardian.
  4. ^ Miller, Hayley (16 August 2017). "Baltimore Quietly Removed All 4 Of Its Confederate Statues Overnight". Huff Post.
  5. ^ Campbell, Colin; Broadwater, Luke (August 26, 2017). "Citing 'safety and security,' Pugh has Baltimore Confederate monuments taken down". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
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