What two women were the only women on the island when the statue of liberty was documentated?
“On October 28, 1886, the formal dedication of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe’s Island (renamed Liberty Island in 1956) was attended by Bartholdi and his wife, President Grover Cleveland and his cabinet, the French ambassador, Joseph Pulitzer, and other dignitaries. Most businesses in New York City closed to watch the parade and festivities, except in the financial district. When the procession marched down Wall Street, the office boys inaugurated a New York tradition by gleefully throwing unfurled ticker tapes out the windows.” Jeanne-Emilie Baheux de Puysieux (born in Bar le Duc, France on October 25, 1829) was Bartholdi’s wife (married December 15, 1876, in Newport, Rhode Island). She also served as the second model for the statue, since his mother Charlotte often tired of posing. EDIT: BINGO!!! The only women allowed on at the opening ceremony on the island were Jeanne-Emilie and Ferdinand de Lesseps’ 8-year old daughter, Tototte.
