the statue of liberty is an american icon
the new york committee with only 3000 in the bank suspended work on the pedestal
in 1970 ivy bottini led a demonstration at the statue where she and others from the national organization for womens new york chapter draped an enormous banner over a railing which read women of the world unitebeginning december 26 1971 15 antivietnam war veterans occupied the statue flying a us flag upside down from her crown