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"Also in Washington Park are a number of statues, including a statue of Sacajawea, the heroic Shoshone Indian woman who helped lead the Lewis and Clark explorers through the distant mountains of the west. This 34-foot bronze effigy of Sacajawea was first unveiled in 1905 at the Lewis and Clark Centennial. Among those present at the unveiling were Susan B. Anthony, Abigail Scott Duniway, and Eva Emery Dye. This was the first statue of a woman unveiled in America up to 1905. This project was promoted and paid for by subscriptions solicited nationwide by a group of Portland women headed by Mrs. Sarah Evans. The sculpture was done by a woman, Alice Cooper, and required more than 20 tons of Oregon copper. In April 1906 the statue was placed in its current location in Washington Park.'
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