“Women hold up half the sky.” ~Chinese proverb 

Zenobia in Chains (1859), Harriet Goodhue Hosmer. Huntington Library, California.

Pandora, marble, by Chauncey B. Ives, 1858. Born in Connecticut, but resided in Florence and Rome after enrolling at the Academia di Belle Arti. 

Huntington Library, San Marino, California.