Edward Berenson, author of Statue of Liberty: A Translatlantic Story, writes that Bartholdi’s concept morphed from “a gigantic female fellah, or Arab peasant” into “a colossal goddess.” ...

He looked to the Colossus for inspiration when he hoped to design a statue for the entrance to the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt. His plan was to sculpt a robed female bearing a torch to guide ships.

The National Park Service notes that "classical images of liberty are often depicted in a female form. The statue was modeled after Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty." The Roman version is ...

What will become the female equivalent of Uncle Sam is about to be unveiled, more than 20 years after its commissioning. The Statue of Liberty is a controversial gift from French politicians with self ...

In 2010, the New York area was the scene of 72,000 naturalizations out of the 670,000 held nationally, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said by telephone from Friday ...