We just learned about the Abraham Lincoln by Vinnie Ream.
Another famous American sculpture is the statue of Charles Sumner made in 1875 by Anne Whitney.
Anne was born in 1821, and through her life worked hard to be a sculptor.
Through her life she worked hard to fight for women's equal rights, to help save the environment, and to help people see that slavery was bad.
Because she was a woman, people would not let her go to some schools because they thought it was inappropriate for women to make sculptures of men's bodies.
She moved to Rome for a while and learned from some of the master sculptors there, and when she came back she made a statue of Charles Sumner who was famous for being against slavery.
There was a contest in Boston for who could make the best statue, so she sent in her statue of Charles Sumner.
She won the competition, but then when they found out the statue had been made by a woman they turned her away and picked someone else.
Anne Whitney went on to make a lot more sculptures of men and women, using her sculptures to help try and show people that women should be equals, and that slavery is bad.
(from: wikipedia - anne whitney)
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