Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy, also known as A Tribute to the Women of the Southern Confederacy and the Monument to the Women of the Confederacy,[1][2] is an outdoor Confederate memorial installed in Jacksonville, Florida's Springfield Park.[3] It is a tribute to women of the South who sacrificed greatly during 1861 to 1865 as the south fought for independence.

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Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy
The monument in 2013
Artist	Allen George Newman
Medium	Sculpture
Location	Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.

Description and history

In 1912 the Florida division of the United Confederate Veterans voted to ask each Confederate veteran to contribute $5 (equivalent to $140 in 2021) to fund a monument to the Confederacy's women, "who were the heroines of that struggle".[4][2] The monument was designed in 1914 by sculptor Allen George Newman (1875–1940), and dedicated on October 26, 1915. Jno. Williams, Inc. served as the founder, and McNeel Marble Works served as the work's contractor. Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1992.[2]

Removal efforts

In May 2018, the monument was cited among those targeted by the March for Change, a three-day, 40-mile (64-km) protest against Confederate monuments located in Jacksonville and St. Augustine, Florida.[5] It is No. 10 on the Make It Right Project's list of Confederate memorials it wants to see removed.[5]

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  Plaque
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  In May 2018
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  Inside

See also

• 1915 in art
• List of Confederate monuments and memorials
• Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials

References

External links

• Media related to Florida's Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy at Wikimedia Commons