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Mary Edmonia Lewis
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Wildflower
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Sculpture Forever Free, 1867, Hagar, 1875, Old Arrow-Maker and his Daughter, 1866
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Mary Edmonia Lewis (ca. July 4, 1845–September 17, 1907) was the first African American and Native American woman to gain fame and recognition as a sculptor in the international fine arts world. She was of African American, Haitian and Ojibwe descent.
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View All (7)- List of: 19th-century Native American sculptors
- List of: Indigenous sculptors of the Americas
- List of: American people of Haitian descent
- List of: Ojibwe people
- List of: 1907 deaths
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