in 1924, it was announced that a “handsome bronze statue of iowa’s war governor” would be erected in front of the iowa old capitol building on the university of iowa campus in iowa city. the plaster that ream had made for the washington, d.c., statue was still in her studio, though she had died a decade earlier. in november 1927, the new casting was completed and dedicated in front of the old capitol. in 1974, the statue was moved to kirkwood community college. there it was placed initially indoors in a new building then later moved to an exterior place on the campus.