EVE was founded in 2010 by the psychologist and former college professor Lynette Long, with the mission "to achieve gender parity in the monuments, symbols, and icons, of the United States.

[2] Equal Visibility Everywhere's U.S. Monuments & Memorials project covers statues, plaques, and historical markers — the overwhelming majority of which are dedicated to men.

[5] Equal Visibility Everywhere's “Put a Woman in Statuary Hall” project is dedicated to correcting this gender representation imbalance.

Bills authorizing statues of Amelia Earhart (Kansas), Mary McLeod Bethune (Florida), Willa Cather (Nebraska), Martha Hughes Cannon (Utah) and Daisy Bates (Arkansas) have been signed into law.

[6] In 2010, EVE's founder, Lynette Long, was visiting the United States Capitol with her son Seth and noticed the disparity in the number of statues depicting men and women.

Kansas's resolution named the Atchison Chamber of Commerce in charge of raising the money for the Earhart statue but the project failed to make progress and the plans were shelved.

The sculptors participated in three rounds of competition with the finalists traveling to Kansas with their maquettes to make their presentations directly to the selection committee.

Two of America's most prominent sculptors George and Mark Lundeen from Loveland, Colorado were chosen to sculpt Amelia for the U.S. Capitol.

EVE enlisted the help of Maryland NOW (the National Organization for Women) which agreed to help lobby for Harriet Tubman as the replacement statue for John Hanson.

Senator Miller went on to propose that, “a special category should be established in Statuary Hall for women and blacks who were not considered when states first were invited to contribute statues in 1864.”[12] Linda Mahoney, former president of Maryland NOW – one of the key sponsors of the bill spoke about the roadblock to reporters, “Harriet Tubman is facing an uphill battle.

In 2016, Florida resident Lynette Long, founder of Equal Visibility Everywhere, traveled to Tallahassee to promote the placement of a statue honoring a woman in the National Statuary Hall.

The panel agreed to relocate the statue to Lake County Historical Museum located in Tavares, Florida, based on a proposal by its curator, Bob Grenier.

Despite the vote of approval, roughly 400 protestors gathered in opposition to the placement of the monument of Confederate General Smith in Lake County.

Ride, who earned a Doctorate in Physics from Stanford University is most remembered for her contributions to science and being the first U.S. woman astronaut in space.

Jean François de Galaup, a French explorer made critical observations on the Spanish missions around the treatment of California native peoples.

In 2017 only six of the 950 state markers are of women: Annie Tommie, a Seminole Leader with a camp on the new river in Fort Lauderdale in the 1800s; Harriet Beecher Stowe, the author of “Uncle Tom's Cabin” who wintered in Mandarin, Florida; Milly Francis, labeled the Creek Pocahontas for saving the life of a Georgia Militiaman; Princess Marie Antoinette Murat, the great-grandniece of George Washington and married to the nephew of Napoleon; women's rights activist Roxcy Bolton, and Zora Neale Hurston, author of “Their Eyes Were Watching God.”[27] Equal Visibility Everywhere, the Miami-Dade County Commission for Women and the Kampong of the National Tropical Botanical Garden obtained permission and produced the historical marker honoring Dr. Eleanor Galt Simmons, Miami's first female physician.

[28] Long has been successful in getting the State of Florida to approve markers for aviator Amelia Earhart, Seminole Chief Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, historic preservationist Barbara Baer Capitman, and Pulitzer Prize winner Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.