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Many women of achievement are depicted in the art of the United States Capitol and Legislative Buildings. As the following list shows, these women have played significant roles in the development of the American nation from colonial times through the modern era. In addition to these figures, numerous unidentified women appear in historical works and in generalized scenes of American life; many allegorical figures, such as the Statue of Freedom, are also female. A list of Women Artists Represented by Works of Art in the U.S. Capitol and Legislative Buildings is also available.
Paintings and Portraits
- Baptism of Pocahontas (depicts Pocahontas, her sister, Mrs. Forrest, and Anne Laydon)
- Oil on canvas by John G. Chapman, 1840. Located in the Rotunda.
- Hattie O.W. Caraway
- Oil on canvas by J.O. Buckley, 1996. Located in the Senate wing, second floor, main corridor. Senate Commission on Art.
- Electoral Commission of 1877 (depicts wives and daughters of Presidents and Members of Congress, leading female reporters, and other notable women of the day)
- Oil on canvas by Cornelia A. Fassett, 1879. Located in the Senate wing, third floor, east corridor.
- Embarkation of the Pilgrims (depicts Mrs. Brewster, Mrs. White, Mrs. Winslow, Mrs. Fuller, Mrs. Rose Standish, Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. Carver)
- Oil on canvas by Robert W. Weir, 1843. Located in the Rotunda.
- Eveline Fessenden Freeman (the future Mrs. Edward Clark)
- Oil on canvas by Constantino Brumidi, 1853. In storage.
- General George Washington Resigning his Commission (depicts Martha Washington and her granddaughters)
- Oil on canvas by John Trumbull, 1824. Located in the Rotunda.
- Mrs. Motte Directing Generals Marion and Lee to Burn her Mansion to Dislodge the British
- Oil on canvas by John Blake White, 1810-1815. Located in the Senate wing, third floor, south corridor.
- Pocahontas
- Oil on canvas by unknown artist, copy from original.
- Amanda Gardiner Walter
- Oil on canvas by Abraham Woodside, 1851. Located in room H-324.
- Representative Corinne "Lindy" Boggs
- Oil on Canvas by Ned Bittinger, 2004. Located in room H-235.
- Representative Shirley Chisholm
- Oil on canvas by Kadir Nelson, 2008. Located in House Connecting Corridor, first floor.
- Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
- Oil on canvas by Howard Chandler Christy, 1950. Located in room 335 Cannon House Office Building.
- Representative Mary Teresa Norton
- Oil on canvas by Elaine Hartley, 1930-1935. In storage.
- Representative Jeanette Rankin
- Oil on canvas by Sharon Sprung, 2004. Located in House Wing, 3rd Floor Elevator Lobby.
- Representative Leonore Sullivan
- Oil on canvas by Charles J. Fox, n.d.. In storage.
Statues and Busts - Mother Joseph
- Bronze by Felix W. de Weldon, 1980. Located in the Hall of Columns.
- Esther Hobart Morris
- Bronze by Avard Fairbanks, 1960. Located in the National Statuary Hall Vestibule.
- Jeannette Rankin
- Bronze by Terry Mimnaugh, 1985. Located in the House connecting corridor, first floor.
- Dr. Florence Rena Sabin
- Bronze by Joy Buba, 1959. Located in National Statuary Hall.
- Sakakawea
- Bronze by Leonard Crunelle, 1909; copied by Arizona Bronze Atelier in 2003. Located in the Crypt.
- Maria L. Sanford
- Bronze by Evelyn Raymond, 1958. Located in the Senate connecting corridor, second floor.
- Sojourner Truth
- Bronze by Artis Lane, 2009. Located in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center
- Frances E. Willard
- Marble by Helen Farnsworth Mears, 1905. Located in National Statuary Hall.
- Sarah Winnemucca
- Bronze by Benjamin Victor, 2005. Located in the Crypt.
- Portrait Monument to Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony
- Marble by Adelaide Johnson, 1921. Located in the Rotunda.
Murals - "Captain Smith and Pocahontas"
- Fresco by Constantino Brumidi, 1880. Scene in the Rotunda frieze.
- Challenger (depicts Christa McAulliffe and Judy Resnik)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Charles Schmidt, 1987. Located in the Senate wing, first floor, outside Room S-121.
- Clara Barton (vignette)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982. Located in the House wing, first floor, central east-west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
- Ann Hutchinson (vignette)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982. Located in the House wing, first floor, central east-west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
- Jeanette Rankin (vignette)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982. Located in the House wing, first floor, central east-west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
- Rotunda as a Hospital During the Civil War, 1862 (depicts Clara Barton)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1974. Located in the House wing, first floor, east corridor (Hall of Capitols).
- Women's Suffrage Parade (depicts Anna Howard Shaw and Carrie Chapman Catt)
- Oil-on-canvas mural by Allyn Cox, 1982. Located in the House wing, first floor, central east-west corridor (Great Experiment Hall).
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