Pioneer Woman

Pioneer Woman
ArtistBryant Baker
Year1930 (1930)
TypeBronze statue
LocationPonca City, Oklahoma
Pioneer Woman Statue
Coordinates36°42′36″N 97°3′55″W / 36.71000°N 97.06528°W / 36.71000; -97.06528
NRHP reference No.78002238
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1978

The Pioneer Woman monument is a bronze sculpture in Ponca City, Oklahoma, designed by Bryant Baker and dedicated on April 22, 1930. The statue is of a sunbonneted woman leading a child by the hand. It was donated to the State of Oklahoma by millionaire oilman E. W. Marland. He commissioned models from twelve well-known sculptors and financed a nationwide tour to get feedback from art critics and the general public in order to decide which model to use for the final statue.