Iconic Women's Park statue toppled in Warren

WARREN A bronze statue, the centerpiece of Women’s Park in Warren, was found toppled from its pedestal, leaving one of the city's most photographed spots without its iconic sculpture just before Independence Day.
Martha Flint, a longtime volunteer who helps maintain the park on the grounds of Warren City Hall, told 21 News that the nearly life-size statue of a young woman holding a book was found leaning over its base on Wednesday when they came to do maintenance.
"We noticed right away we saw the base…and the lady was laying here on her side,” Flint said.
The city, which owns the park, removed the statue for safekeeping.
The Women's Park, established in 2003, is located in Warren's Historic District between the Kinsman House and City Hall. It features a stream, flower beds, decorative benches, a bridge, a large urn with flowers, and shade trees.
Walkways and courtyards of inscribed bricks celebrate women's lives, including a special courtyard dedicated to pioneer women of the Western Reserve. The Harriet Taylor Upton Association sponsored the park as an Ohio Bicentennial Project.
While the entire park honors women of the past, present and future "she" honors the women's suffrage movement and is called "every woman."
“She has a book behind her back and kind of a whiskful expression and she's just kind of looking with her book and she just makes you feel that she is a representation of the best in womanhood,” Flint said.
The statue is still in one piece and wasn’t damaged. Flint doesn’t know exactly how it toppled over and may never know since there are no cameras in the park. However, she said the rust that’s left behind makes them think it became unstable over time and was knocked over by accident or on purpose.
"We are very sad that anything happens here…we do this because we love it .. so we would like people to respect it," she said.
Flint has promised the statue will be back in the same spot, she just doesn't know when.