Columbia, South Carolina: Monument to the Father of Gynecology

The monument to Dr. James Marion Simms is a life-size bust of the doctor set in the corner of the capital grounds. In front of Simms is larger-than-life bronze statue of Benjamin Tillman. He was a governor of South Carolina and apparently was very outspoken proponent of lynching minorities. So on the South Carolina Capital grounds there is a statue of George Washington (who owned slaves), a monument to Dr. Marion (who conducted medical research on slaves), a statue of Benjamin Tillman (who lobbied for lynching slaves), and a statue of Strom Thurmond (who opposed every Civil Rights and desegregation law that came before him).

To even it out, there is a really cool Civil Rights memorial on the grounds, a copper relief on both sides of a monolith.

A life-size bronze head of Dr. James Marion Sims, the "Father of Gynecology," occupies a place of honor on the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol.

From the back of a postcard: "J. Marion Sims was the first Surgeon of the Ages in ministering to women, treating Empresses and Slaves alike. He was the Founder of the Science of Gynecology and was honoured in all lands. He died in 1883."

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