Maria Popova
@brainpicker
Reader. Writer. Creator of The Marginalian (long ago named Brain Pickings). Author of #Figuring. Lover of trees. Petter of moss. Rider of a cobalt blue bicycle.
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One of the first black women to attend college, Edmonia Lewis was accused of making two classmates ill, was brutally beaten, left for dead. Barely alive, she—not her assailants—was arrested. Once acquitted, she became an internationally celebrated sculptor brainpickings.org/2020/06/10/edm…
