The ''Women's Table'' is a 1993 sculpture by

Maya Lin Maya Ying Lin (Chinese: 林瓔; born October 5, 1959) is an American architect, designer and sculptor. Born in Athens, Ohio to Chinese immigrants, she attended Yale University to study architecture. In 1981, while still an undergraduate at Yal ...

in front of

Sterling Memorial Library Sterling Memorial Library (SML) is the main library, library building of the Yale University Library system in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Opened in 1931, the library was designed by James Gamble Rogers as the centerpiece of Yale's Go ...

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. Made of black stone carved with a spiral of numbers marking the enrollment of women in the university in a given year, the work is dedicated to the many women who had been underacknowledged presences at the university since the 19th century.

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Sculptor's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Women's Table, The 1993 sculptures Artworks at Yale University 1993 establishments in Connecticut Granite sculptures in Connecticut Buildings and structures in New Haven, Connecticut Sculptures of women in Connecticut