Penelope Jencks (born 1936 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American sculptor and a graduate of Boston University (BFA, 1958).
A common characteristic of all three works is the geological character of the base, in the form of sculpted rocks and boulders, supporting the bronze figure.
Hillary Clinton (First Lady at the time) gave the keynote address at the monument's October 1996 dedication.
[1] The statue, the boulder on which it leans, and the foot stone on which it rests, all sculpted by Jencks, form the centerpiece of a heavily planted circular memorial designed by the landscape architects Bruce Kelly and David Varnell.
The architect Michael Dwyer designed two inscribed granite medallions set into the surrounding bluestone paving, including one with a quotation from Roosevelt's 1958 speech at the United Nations advocating universal human rights, and a bronze tablet, located in the planting bed, summarizing her many achievements.