Women in Art

This statue of Jeannette Rankin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Montana in 1985.

This statue of Patrick Anthony McCarran was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 1960.

This statue of Maria Sanford was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Minnesota in 1958.

This statue of Sam Houston was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Texas in 1905.

This statue of Sarah Winnemucca was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Nevada in 2005.

Tribonian (c. 500-547) Byzantine jurist. Head of the commission that codified the laws under Justinian I.

Above each of the four Rotunda doors in the U.S. Capitol are scenes from the history of the American Colonies carved in relief into the sandstone walls. The three sculptors who decorated the Rotunda were employed during the rebuilding of the Capitol after the fire of 1814.

This statue of Sequoyah was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Oklahoma in 1917.

This painting depicts the ceremony in which Pocahontas, daughter of the influential Algonkian chief Powhatan, was baptized and given the name Rebecca in an Anglican church. It took place in 1613 or 1614 in the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement on the North American continent. Pocahontas is thought to be the earliest native convert to Christianity in the English colonies; this ceremony and her subsequent marriage to John Rolfe helped to establish peaceful relations between the colonists and the Tidewater tribes.

This statue of Barry Goldwater was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Arizona in 2015.

This statue of Eusebio Kino was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Arizona in 1965.

Rosa Louise McCauley was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. She was raised on a farm, attended rural schools, then took some vocational and academic courses at the Industrial School for Girls in Montgomery before leaving to care for her grandmother and mother during their illnesses. In 1932, she married barber Raymond Parks, who was working with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In 1933, she completed her high school studies. Ten years later, she joined the NAACP and was elected secretary.

Papinian (c. 146-212) Roman jurist. Author of fifty-six books about legal questions and decisions, extracts from which were influential in the development of the Justinian Code.

This statue of Esther Hobart Morris was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Wyoming in 1960.

This statue of Sakakawea was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by North Dakota in 2003.

This statue of Stephen Austin was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Texas in 1905.

This statue of Frances Willard was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Illinois in 1905.

Solon (c. 638-559 B.C.) Athenian statesman. Author of constitutional and legal reforms.

Pocahontas saves Captain John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown, Virginia, from being clubbed to death. Her father, Chief Powhatan, is seated at the left. This scene is the first showing English settlement. (1607)

The statue of President Abraham Lincoln depicts him with a serious, contemplative expression. Sculpted by the first female artist commissioned to create a work of art for the United States government.