Amazing Women In History

Buffalo Calf Road, Heroic Cheyenne Warrior Woman

May 23, 2014 by Rosemary Agonito 3 Comments

Buffalo Calf Road, Heroic Cheyenne Warrior Woman

The remarkable story of a young Cheyenne warrior woman in her early twenties, Buffalo Calf Road, spans a period of 3 years from 1876 until her death in 1879. During this time the Cheyenne were caught in the westward expansion of pioneers, miners and the army, all determined to colonize the land on the great […]

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Edmonia Lewis, African-American & Native American sculptor of international fame

December 8, 2011 by KeriLynn Engel 5 Comments

Edmonia Lewis, African-American & Native American sculptor of international fame

Edmonia Lewis was the first African American artist to earn international fame for her artwork. She earned a living as a sculptor and portraitist and was famous for several of her works, including a bust of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw of which she sold over 100 plaster copies. Born Mary Edmonia Lewis in 1844 in […]

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Randy’L He-dow Teton: the face of Sacagawea

October 10, 2011 by KeriLynn Engel Leave a Comment

Randy’L He-dow Teton is a Shoshone woman who posed for the image of Sacagawea on the Sacagawea dollar coin, first issued in 2000. She’s the only woman besides Martha Washington to appear on US currency, the only Native-American woman to pose for an American coin, and the only living person whose image appears on American […]

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