"Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don’t want that kind of praise…I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something."
— Edmonia Lewis

January 1, 1970

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People from New York (state)African AmericansWomen from the United StatesNative AmericansSculptors from the United States
Original Language: English

Sources

On the attention she preferred as an artist of color in “Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America” in Smithsonian Magazine (2019 Aug 22)