Proverbs 31:20 - Compassionate Woman - Nauvoo, IL, USA
N 40° 33.176 W 091° 23.382
15T E 636342 N 4490376
This quote is attached to the base of the sculpture, titled, "Compassionate Woman", located in the Historic Nauvoo Visitors’ Center, Monument to Women Memorial Garden, in Nauvoo, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMFAH1
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/20/2012
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This sculpture depicts a standing woman in a floor-length dress, with long sleeves. Her hair is pulled back in a bun. She is looking somewhat downward, leaning slightly forward, and stretching out her right hand, as if gesturing someone to come to her. Her left arm remains at her side. The plaque at the base of the statue reads:
Compassionate Woman
“She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea,
she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.”
Proverbs 31:20
Dennis Smith, Sculptor
This is taken from the Old Testiment of the Bible, in Proverbs Chapter 31
1 The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.
20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.
While the Historic Nauvoo Visitors’ Center has visiting hours, the Monument to Women Memorial Garden is always open - and free. There are thirteen life-size sculptures in the Memorial Garden.
"In an age of heightened interest in the role of women, the Nauvoo garden of sculptures is dedicated to women of the past, present, and future. The statues, which were dedicated in 1978, identify some of the significant dimensions of a woman’s life.
The memorial consists of a heroic central sculpture of a woman, enhanced by twelve life-sized figures expressing the widely varied nature of women’s vital roles in society. The display may well be the largest commissioned display of sculpture in the world dedicated to women." (
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