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Mary Dyer – Boston, MA – Statues of Religious Figures on …

This statue of Mary Dyer, executed for the sole crime of being a Quaker, is located in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston, not far from where she was hanged in 1660.

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There aren't too many statues of women in Boston compared with the number of statues memorializing men. … Curbed Boston Newsletter … Mary Dyer Statue.

Mary Dyer Statue – Friends Center

Mary Dyer Statue. A Witness to Quaker … in recognition of the city’s long association with the Religious Society of Friends. The Mary Dyer sculpture is on long …

Mary Dyer Statue | NEYM: Quakers in New England

Mary Dyer Statue. Jan 1, 1956 … hesitate to encourage the erection of statues of members, the issues of religious liberty and civil rights symbolized in Mary Dyer's …

Mary Dyer » Public Art Boston

This sculpture commemorates Mary Dyer, who sacrificed her life for the right to religious freedom. Like her friend Anne Hutchinson, who is also commemorated with a sculpture on this Art Walk, Dyer challenged traditional Puritanism with her progressive beliefs.

Top 10 Things You May Not Know About Mary Dyer

The sacrifice of Mary Dyer’s life in 1660 had direct bearing on the Rhode Island Charter of 1663 which legally granted liberty of conscience (religious freedom), and eventually on the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791, and used as a model for many governments around the world.

Mary Dyer, statue in Boston. There's a smaller copy of this …

Mary Dyer, statue in Boston. There's a smaller copy of this statue at the Quaker meeting in Lake Forest.

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… some have noted that a statue of … There's Mary Dyer, a Quaker martyr for religious freedom seated in … and Mary Dyer, memorialized in Philadelphia statues.

Why hasn't Philadelphia put more women on a pedestal …

Why hasn't Philadelphia put more … A broader definition adds two religious statues of Catholic saints, a … A statue of Mary Dyer sits outside the Race …

Mary and William Dyer: Quaker Light and Puritan Ambition in …

By Johan Winsser. Self-published, 2017. 345 pages (includes appendix and extensive notes). $24.95/paperback; $9.99/eBook. Mary Dyer’s story as a Quaker martyr is captivating, and one may have at least a passing familiarity with it, even if only through Sylvia Shaw Judson’s statues at Earlham College, Boston Common,