History Lessons for Misanthropes

73 - Edmonia Lewis


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In this episode, we discuss the life of Mary Edmonia Lewis aka "Wildfire".  She was a 19th century American sculptor who faced challenged in a field dominated by white men, while herself being of African American and Indigenous heritage. Though her client base was in America, she lived most of her life in Europe, to escape the systemic barriers in the States. 

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History Lessons for MisanthropesBy Dr. Mildred Strange

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