The sculptor behind the new statue of Martha Hughes Cannon that will be sent to Washington, D.C., next year unveiled his design Friday at a Salt Lake City celebration of the ratification of women’s right to vote in Utah.
The state Legislature voted last year to send the statue of Cannon, the first female state senator in Utah and the nation, to represent Utah in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol, where two figures of historic significance represent each state.
Artist Ben Hammond, of American Fork, was chosen to sculpt her figure, which will replace the likeness of TV inventor Philo T.