Lynette Long: Putting Harriet Tubman and women in their place
March 1, 2011 “In Statuary Hall itself, there are thirty-eight
statues – one woman. And in the entire collection, which are
dispersed throughout the Capitol, there are nine women from a
hundred – two from each state. So it’s unbelievable…I’m so
passionate about this project, and it’s not for me. It’s for the
next generation of girls who go in there and get a message that
you don’t matter. You don’t matter. You didn’t do anything.
Hello! Every president was born of a woman. We’ve had a hand in
this country from the Mayflower to picking the fields to
building to helping in the war, and we’re not recognized.” –
Lynette Long, founder of EVE Upon entering the spacious home of
Dr. Lynette Long in Northwest Washington, D.C., it is difficult
to gaze upon the tall ceilings without envisioning the
metaphoric glass ceiling women have long complained about.
However, it is those massive ceilings that engender empowerment
instantaneously. Large posters of powerf