Nettie Depp statue unveiled at Kentucky State Capitol

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Governor Beshear, Lt. Governor Coleman, First Girl Beshear and members of the Monumental Girls of Kentucky Committee joined collectively Thursday to unveil the statue of Nettie Depp within the State Capitol.

In response to the discharge, the set up of Depp’s statue marks the primary large-scale Capitol monument to honor a Kentucky lady.

“Nettie Depp was a pioneer within the subject of public training in Kentucky, serving as an elected faculty superintendent in Barren County seven years earlier than girls got the appropriate to vote,” Gov. Beshear mentioned. “She is a distinguished Kentucky public determine, and we’re proud to honor her with the primary monument of a Kentucky lady put in within the statehouse.”

The statue is almost seven ft tall and is made from bronze.

The statue of Depp stands within the vestibule of the West entrance of the State Capitol constructing. It’s near the hallway that shows greater than 600 portraits included within the Kentucky Girls Remembered exhibit.

The statue can be positioned exterior the doorway of Lt. Gov. Jaqueline Coleman’s workplace.

“As a younger woman, I might typically come to Frankfort with my father to go to the Capitol and, even at a younger age, I used to be struck by the absence of ladies amongst those that had been chosen to be honored with a statue,” mentioned Lt. Gov. Coleman. “My younger daughter and others like her won’t bear in mind a time that the Capitol didn’t embrace a everlasting monument honoring a Kentucky lady. And as a instructor myself, I additionally suppose it’s serendipitous that her dedication comes simply as we put together to have fun American Training Week.”

The Depp statue was created by artist Amanda Matthews of Lexington.

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