In 2010, EVE's founder, Dr. Lynette Long was visiting the United States Capitol with her son Seth and noticed the disparity in the number of statues depicting men and women.
She noted to the Washington Post that there were nine statues of women and ninety-one statues of men.
This observation led her to form Equal Visibility Everywhere (EVE) and make one of EVE's core missions increasing the number of women represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
Dr. Long researched the most famous women in American History, with the prospect of  adding them to The Collection.
While doing her research she discovered a 1999 Kansas State House Resolution which authorized that the statue of John James Ingalls be replaced with a statue of Amelia Earhart.

In 1999, the Kansas state legislature voted on a resolution to replace their state's statues of 19th-century statesmen George Washington Glick and John James Ingalls in response to a Congressional Bill which would allow states to replace either or both of their two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection.
One of Kansas's replacements was to be of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and the other Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Eisenhower's statue was commissioned and placed in National Statuary Hall Collection in 2003, but the legislation authorizing Amelia Earhart's statue was never signed by the Governor of Kansas nor by the Architect of the Capitol.
Kansas's resolution named the Atchison Chamber of Commerce in charge of raising the money for the Earhart statue but the project failed to make progress and the plans were shelved.

EVE took interest in the shelved 1999 Kansas Resolution and after acquiring appropriate authorization from the Governor and Chamber of Commerce, EVE formed the Amerlia Earhart Statue Selection Committee which included the Governor of Kansas, Head of the Amelia Earhart Festival, Head of the Atchison Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Earhart Family, three prominent museum curators, and Dr. Long.
 Thirty-two proposals were received in response to a nationally distributed Request for Proposals.
The sculptors participated in a three rounds of competition with the finalists traveling to Kansas with their maquettes to make their presentations directly to the selection committee.
 Two of America's most prominent sculptors George and Mark Lundeen from Loveland, Colorado were chosen to sculpt Amelia for the U.S. Capitol.
 The Committee and the Earhart family agreed that their maquette portrayed a breathtaking image of Amelia Earhart.

The clay statue is completed and has been cast in bronze. “
Amelia” has been approved by the U.S. Capitol.
Kansas’s agreement with the Capitol includes mandatory payment for the statue, its move from Colorado where it was cast to the U.S. Capitol, holding a unveiling ceremony and reception in Washington, DC and transporting the Ingalls Statue back to Kansas to an agreed upon appropriate and honorable resting place.
In 2010, EVE's founder, Dr. Lynette Long was visiting the United States Capitol with her son Seth and noticed the disparity in the number of statues depicting men and women. She noted to the Washington Post that there were nine statues of women and ninety-one statues of men. This observation led her to form Equal Visibility Everywhere (EVE) and make one of EVE's core missions increasing the number of women represented in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Dr. Long researched the most famous women in American History, with the prospect of  adding them to The Collection. While doing her research she discovered a 1999 Kansas State House Resolution which authorized that the statue of John James Ingalls be replaced with a statue of Amelia Earhart.
In 1999, the Kansas state legislature voted on a resolution to replace their state's statues of 19th-century statesmen George Washington Glick and John James Ingalls in response to a Congressional Bill which would allow states to replace either or both of their two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. One of Kansas's replacements was to be of aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart and the other Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower's statue was commissioned and placed in National Statuary Hall Collection in 2003, but the legislation authorizing Amelia Earhart's statue was never signed by the Governor of Kansas nor by the Architect of the Capitol. Kansas's resolution named the Atchison Chamber of Commerce in charge of raising the money for the Earhart statue but the project failed to make progress and the plans were shelved.
EVE took interest in the shelved 1999 Kansas Resolution and after acquiring appropriate authorization from the Governor and Chamber of Commerce, EVE formed the Amerlia Earhart Statue Selection Committee which included the Governor of Kansas, Head of the Amelia Earhart Festival, Head of the Atchison Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Earhart Family, three prominent museum curators, and Dr. Long.  Thirty-two proposals were received in response to a nationally distributed Request for Proposals. The sculptors participated in a three rounds of competition with the finalists traveling to Kansas with their maquettes to make their presentations directly to the selection committee.  Two of America's most prominent sculptors George and Mark Lundeen from Loveland, Colorado were chosen to sculpt Amelia for the U.S. Capitol.  The Committee and the Earhart family agreed that their maquette portrayed a breathtaking image of Amelia Earhart.
The clay statue is completed and has been cast in bronze. “Amelia” has been approved by the U.S. Capitol. Kansas’s agreement with the Capitol includes mandatory payment for the statue, its move from Colorado where it was cast to the U.S. Capitol, holding a unveiling ceremony and reception in Washington, DC and transporting the Ingalls Statue back to Kansas to an agreed upon appropriate and honorable resting place.
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