Million-Dollar Staircase' Adds a New Face: Ruth Bader Ginsberg
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ALBANY, N.Y.Even then, the gender imbalance was glaring.The so-called Million Dollar Staircase, spanning 444 steps and four floors of the New York State Capitol, memorialized the faces of dozens of distinguished figures in delicate carvings, but not one was a woman.Scrutiny prompted a state official to hastily authorize the addition of several women to the staircase's lower level.
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