Jeffersonville, Indiana: 20-Foot-Tall Metal Woman: "I Am Your Mother"

We went inside the lumber yard that is beside these statues. They can give you a newspaper article about the sculptures.

They were actually built in 1983 by the owner of what was then a metal working company. He wanted to make a statue that honored women and their virtue and strength. He commissioned an 18-year old girl to design them, and she along with the women that worked at the metal company, spent time after work building it over the course of a year. The scales actually mean that "love outweighs everything else," according to the article. Very beautiful and moving works of art!!

The Poem reads,"I am your mother yet I am a woman standing in to the 'Winds of Change.' Expected to be better than good....The Winds force me to change yet I do not want to be anymore than I am. A woman - your mother Take my hand. We will stand togeter into the 'Winds of Change" --The Lady

She was a little hard to find, but if u make a left at the first set of railroad tracks she will be on your left!

We visited the Hubcap Lady today and found her easily enough with the directions listed. She is across the street from a waste treatment plant, so be prepared for the unpleasant odor. She's still worth it, though. We took some decent pictures of the poem and the Lady and Scale together.

This is actually not a "blind justice" statue, but a tribute to the virtues of womanhood (oddly wedged in between a lumber yard and railroad tracks). It is two statues standing close together and a sign with a poem. The statues are made of various pieces of scrap metal (hubcaps playing a major role) and is about 20 feet tall. It is a very impressive and moving piece, regardless of its odd choice of placement.

The balance behind her shows two sides. One side balances a rock that says "Commitments" and under it, a pyramid that says "Always Too Much." The other side balances a rock that says "Love" and under it, a pyramid that says "Never Enough.

She is a large (probably 20 plus feet) structure holding the scales of Justice. I am not quite sure of the material that she is made. I believe there are a number of metal objects, such as hubcaps and other material.