Sen. Bennet meets with Loveland artist to check on women’s suffrage monument - Greeley Tribune

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Sen. Michael Bennet visited the studio of Loveland artist Jane DeDecker on Friday to check on the progress of her “Every Word We Utter” monument to women’s suffrage.

The bronze statue will depict famous women who worked for suffrage — such as Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth and others — and be installed somewhere in Washington, D.C., pending the passage of a U.S. House of Representatives bill that has stalled in the Senate.

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet pets Tarzan, Jane DeDecker’s cat, while visiting her Loveland studio Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, to see some of her work, including concept sculptures she has been creating to honor the women’s suffrage movement. Jody Shadduck-McNally, left, president/co-founder of the Every Word We Utter board of directors, Loveland Mayor Jacki Marsh, center, and artist Jane DeDecker talk with him about the maquette version of the “Every Word We Utter” monument sitting on the table.

“When we think about our responsibility to the republic in which we live … what we really are, when we think of how elevated our responsibility is, I think we’re all founders,” Bennet said while speaking with DeDecker, Mayor Jacki Marsh and members of the nonprofit backing the monument’s installation.

“The women who fought for 70 years so that my daughters could have the right to vote … how could you not think of those people as founders?,” he asked.

“I think a lot of people don’t know the history of the women’s movement, but it’s complex and rich and varied,” DeDecker said. “But for me, it’s the undivided vision that they had.”

She stressed the importance of the monument for young women visiting the nation’s capital, where fewer female historical figures are depicted in sculptures than male figures.

The timing of the visit was significant, as this week marked the 100-year anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote.

DeDecker led Bennet around her property and through her studio, which was dominated by the sculpture, flanked by busts of the women who worked for suffrage. She described her aesthetic inspirations for the sculpture, including the idea of “daughter droplets” — the smaller droplets of water that are formed when a large droplet impacts a body of water.

“That’s how I designed the monument, where that droplet that rises back up again is the women standing on the shoulders of these giants,” she said.

Jody Shadduck-McNally, president of the nonprofit, said the final dimensions and details of the piece, which stands about 22 feet tall, will depend on where it is installed, which has not yet been decided.

“We want to make sure that where we place it has some kind of historical connection to the sculpture, where the women either marched or protested or organized,” she said.

DeDecker announced in September 2018 her plans to create a monument to the women who fought for equal voting rights.

In February, the House passed the bill that would allow the sculpture to be placed in the area of the Capitol. Although it was handed over to a Senate committee on Feb. 27., action has yet to be taken on the bill.

President Donald Trump also tweeted last week that he would sign the bill if it is passed by Congress.

“It’s very hard getting anything passed in Washington, but we will not have a hard time building support for this, and I would be shocked if we can’t get it passed,” Bennet said.

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