Artist: Alexander PhimisterProctor Donated by Burt Brown Barker, University Vice President, in memory of his mother. PAX | THE PIONEER MOTHER | Location: Women's Quadrangle. Medium: Bronze. A mist the University students passing by "The Pioneer Mother" has been watching, waiting for equality in life and the beautiful future. Her face looks weathered through hardships and grief, while she sits still waiting, wondering, reading, warming minds in front of the "Knight Library" and the "Woman's Memorial Hall" guarding public policy, a permanent part of the landscape. Newspaper Articles "'Pioneer Mother' unveiled with impressive ceremony." Daily Emerald 5/10/32, 4. " Pioneer mother typifies peace and achievement of Oregon's forefathers." Daily Emerald 4/9/37, 4. (The University Of Oregon Libraries) We all look up to the Pioneer Mother she is almost 18' tall and sits proud