She was raised by maternal relatives, and educated aaaaalmost through college at Oblerlin, thanks to her brother who funded her education from wealth earned during the California Gold Rush.ДЄfter a move to Boston and some advantageous introductions to a community of abolitionists (and abolition art collectors) she began her career as a sculptor, earned enough to move to Rome ( after a European, Grand tour) and set up her own studio that was so important it was literally on the map of Must See places tourists should visit.Stream It Or Skip It: 'Trevor: The Musical' on Disney+, An Off-Broadway LGBTQ+ Musical With A Message What is known is that her father was Black, her mother was Native American and they both passed away when Edmonia was a child. There were no journals or cache of letters left to spell out the truth of her life, so itвЂ™s still being puzzled together 215 years after her death. Edmonia was a great sculptor and a wise marketer who knew what subjects to focus on that would sell, and what story to give any reporter sitting in front of her that would get her attention even if it was contradictory to previous interviews. She had an older, half-brother (also named Samuel) and even untangling this bit of information has been a battle for historians. Mary Edmonia Lewis was born on July 4, 1844, in Greenbush (now known as Rensselaer) New York to Samuel and Catherine Mike Lewis.

We would love to travel with you, and the folks at Like Minds Travel did a spectacular job organizing the tours around our former subjects, and the dinners for maximum funвЂ¦weвЂ™re so very, very excited!ДЄnd, finally, here is a direct link to our new merch shop if youвЂ™re thinking, вЂњI would love a t-shirt, tote, sticker, magnetвЂ¦something to support The History Chicks!вЂќ (And there is always a button to the right, scroll down, that says Shop our Shop! ->)

Our New England Field Trip to Boston and Newport from October 16-23, 2022, is filling fast, with just a few more open spaces left. Please join us, if you can, at either our LocalвЂ™s Meet-Up Dinner Cruise in London on Saturday, Jor (and?) at our Boston LocalвЂ™s Meet-Up Dinner Cruise in Boston also on a Saturday: October 21, 2022. Library of Congress TIME TRAVEL WITH THE HISTORY CHICKSДЇor the links and media that we discussed in the episode, please click on over to our original shownotes here: JANE ADDAMS SHOWNOTESДЇor more information and a toolkit for learning, and doing, more for National Social Work Month, visit the National Association of Social Workers. WeвЂ™ll be off until the middle of JulyвЂ“that LOOOONG awaited and oft-rescheduled Field Trip to London is finally happening! If you would like to follow along on our adventure weвЂ™ll be posting updates (of some sort of another) on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook! AND if you would like to join our next Field Trip to Boston and Newport this fall, or come to our LocalвЂ™s Meet-up Dinner Cruise in Boston, hop on over to Like Minds Travel and check it out! We are very excited to meet a lot of you in London and New England this year!! Thank you, Carl, Greg, and Tom you all really are the best! To learn more about The Gilded Gentleman, visit CarlвЂ™s website, The Gilded Gentleman Podcast,В his Instagram,В or subscribe to the podcast on your favorite podcatcher!В And, as always we also strongly recommend The Bowery Boys New York City History Podcast! Parties, dinners, and dishes that have literally gone down in history! Act Two: Golden Plates and Dinners on HorsebackД¬arl shares the outrageous tales of over-the-top entertaining of the Gilded Age. Act One: Invisible MagiciansД¬arl and author Esther Crain, T he Gilded Age in New York 1870-1914,В talk about the busy and often overlooked world of the Gilded Age servants who bring their wealthy bossesвЂ™ visions to life in their mansions and social events. CarlвЂ™s episodes are often a delightful companion to the stories of our subjects and this doubleheader is no exception. Today we want to introduce you to a show we both really enjoy: The Gilded Gentleman! ItвЂ™s produced by our friends Tom Meyers and Greg Young, The Bowery Boys, and is hosted by social and culinary historian Carl Raymond.

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