Birth Name: Mary Edmonia Lewis
Occupation: Sculptor
Place Of Birth: New York City
Date Of Birth: July 4, 1844
Date Of Death: September 17, 1907
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Multiracial
Nationality: American
Edmonia Lewis was born on the 4th of July, 1844. She was famous for being a Sculptor. New York-born artist whose career as a sculptor took her to Rome, Italy. Her famous sculptures include The Death of Cleopatra (more than 3,000 pounds and made of marble) and Forever Free (a celebration of the end of slavery).
Edmonia Lewis was born in New York City. After graduating from Oberlin College in Ohio, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts to begin her career as a sculptor. Her Native American ancestry inspired an 1866 sculpture entitled Old Arrow-Maker and His Daughter.
Edmonia Lewis was a Cancer and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Edmonia Lewis was born in 1840s.
Mary Edmonia Lewis is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
Edmonia’s Mary Edmonia Lewis attended Oberlin Preparatory College, OH.
Family
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Personal Life
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Edmonia Lewis was born in the Year of the Dragon.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Mary Edmonia Lewis |
| NICKNAME: | Wildflower |
| RELIGION: | Roman Catholic |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Thursday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Edmonia Lewis was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Edmonia Lewis was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are energetic and excitable. They hate hypocrisy and gossip and can sometimes be a bit arrogant and impatient.
Ruling Planet: Edmonia Lewis had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
Edmonia Lewis’s birth sign is Cancer and she had a ruling planet of Moon.
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