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Originally Posted by CherylNYC
Thank you for posting about Edmond Lewis, Orema!! I usually love the gifts you randomly leave for us here, but this one is especially interesting. Lewis was a member of the 'Rome Amazons', which was a remarkable group of mostly lesbian sculptors led by Emma Stebbins who was the first American woman to win a major commission here- The Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. It was an extraordinary group which gathered at an unlikely time in our arts history. If I were an academic I would base all my work on this group. Lewis was particularly remarkable given the double prejudice she faced.
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Glad you enjoy reading them, Cheryl, and thanks for telling us about Emma Stebbins and the Rome Amazons!