Stand fears for a women’s rights statue in front of Wall Street

New York. A bronze girl who is 1.20 meters tall has been a reminder of women’s rights in downtown Manhattan since 2017 – but now the “Fearless Girl” in front of Wall Street could soon be history. The approval of the statue of the “Fearless Girl” in front of the famous New York Stock Exchange expired a few days ago. Activists and the artist fight for her whereabouts. “I’m here to reiterate why the work of art should be preserved and why it is important,” said sculptor Kristen Visbal on Thursday (local time) at the statue’s location. Local authorities in New York must now decide what to do with the “Fearless Girl”.

The little bronze girl wears a flowing dress and a ponytail, her hands defiantly on her hips. In 2017, it initially stared at the famous “Wall Street Bull” statue a few meters away for a year and a half. Then it moved to the stock exchange and looked up to the important international trading place. In the past few years it has grown in popularity – thousands of people took pictures with the statue.

For the artist, “Fearless Girl” stands for more than just the power of women

For artist Visbal, the “Fearless Girl” stands for much more than just the power of women in management positions: “The questions of cooperation between the sexes and the diversity of all equality ideals that stand behind” Fearless Girl “are so important we can fully exploit our potential as a global society, ”she says. The sculptor emphasizes that she wants to work with the New York authorities so that the “fearless girl” can stay in Manhattan.

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