{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Written in Stone: Ohio Women, Public Memory, and the New Statehouse Monument","description":"Public monuments tell us what a community chooses to remember \u2014 and who it chooses to see. For generations, the Ohio Statehouse grounds have honored presidents, governors, astronauts, and statesmen \u2014 but not actual women. That will change this fall, when the new Ohio Women\u2019s Monument is unveiled on Capitol Square, becoming the first monument on the Statehouse grounds to depict real women and their role in shaping Ohio\u2019s history. Ahead of the unveiling, we explore the story behind this landmark project: the women it honors, the artist bringing it to life, the public-private partnership making it possible, and the larger question of who gets remembered in the civic spaces we all share. As Ohio and the nation mark America\u2019s 250th birthday, we ask what it means to finally place women\u2019s courage, leadership, and fight for equality at the center of Ohio\u2019s public memory. Featuring: Brenda Councill, Ohio Women\u2019s Monument Artist and Sculptor Stephanie Kunze, Chair of the Ohio Women\u2019s Monument Commission, Capitol Square Foundation Board Member, and Former State of Ohio Senator Charley Moses, Capitol Square Foundation Board Chair The moderator is Charlene Brown, Co-Host, WOSU Public Media\u2019s "Columbus Neighborhoods" TV Series. CMC President & CEO Sophia Fifner delivers closing remarks.  This forum was sponsored by KeyBank. Our forum partner was the League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Columbus. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC\u2019s livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Downtown Columbus, Inc. and The National Veterans Memorial and Museum. CMC\u2019s theme music was composed by Jeffrey Ciampa. If you would like to dive more deeply into this topic, our friends at the Columbus Metropolitan Library suggest checking out "Buckeye Women: the History of Ohio\u2019s Daughters," by Stephanie Elise Booth, 2001. This forum was recorded before a live audience at The National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus, Ohio on August 5, 2026. ","author_name":"The Columbus Metropolitan Club","author_url":"http:\/\/columbusmetroclub.org","html":"