Projects
Suffrage Markers
To mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution granting women the right to vote, markers were placed on local buildings noting individuals who contributed to the suffrage movement or places where consequential events occurred.
Street Signs
As a recognition of the indigenous people who lived in the County before the arrival of white settlers, street signs have been added along Cayuga streets in Ithaca, Trumansburg, and Groton to display the street’s name in the indigenous Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ language and in traditional purple and white tribal colors.
Statues
Supporting an act of remarkable generosity by an anonymous local donor, the Commission serves as an advisor in the creation of two statues by renowned sculptor Meredith Bergman that will celebrate the often under-recognized contributions of women. Statues of Lucy Brown, a local community leader and founding member of the Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services board, and Cornell professor Frances Perkins, the nation’s first woman cabinet secretary and policy architect for the New Deal were placed on land owned by Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services in August 2024.