Washington to pay tribute

■ A bronze statue of Alice Dunnigan will appear from September 21 to December 16 in Washington at the Newseum.

The 1.82-metre, 220-kilo bronze statue, made by Kentucky sculptor Amanda Matthews, portrays the reporter clad in one of a handful of her good dresses and scuffed pumps.

She holds a 1947 copy of the

Washington Post with headlines about civil rights. The statue is based on a photo of Dunnigan standing on the steps of the US Capitol in 1947 (pictured at top of page).