This is a great addition to the many beautiful statues in Boston. I’m still scratching my head over the MLK statue on the Common.

So Boston will create a new statue as the homeless attempt to relocate their tents in anticipation of the coming winter.

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Don't tell us. It's going to be taken down?

I came to the comments to ask the same thing.

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Beautiful, but get serious: many women published books before her.

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The lyrics say that he dreamed of a kind [US bc it's always been racist and never kind]

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I hope she’s safe from the Trump anti-DEI police.

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It's beautiful, I've walked past it many times

Beautiful! I did not know this—will check it out.

An exceptionally elegant tribute to the US first published black poet.

Ayo chill out Ms. Phyllis 🤣😅

That picture is of Sarah Forbes Bonetta.

Yes, this is correct. Ms. Wheatley died ~55 years before the advent of photography. Here is her portrait from the Library of Congress:

that's a great work

Beautiful. Because true.

Exactly. Plus, a quick look at the entry on Wikipedia tells me Phyllis Wheatley died in 1784 (aged 30). The first daguerreotype was produced in 1839. The style of clothing in the photograph is mid 19th century.

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Apologies. I did not compose the photo. I nurture a bad memory to live in the Now; but I hope my unconscious will remind me to check such images in future

What a pretty sculpture.

I learned about her in school decades ago as part of New England history. I'm starting to think this was unusual, because other folks apparently did not. But Boston history was quite proud of her.

Over 4000 years ago, Enheduanna, a Summerian lady, was the first known female writer to sign her work. I'm sure that in Africa, there were also ladies writing whatever their interests were. And maybe in the rest of the American Continent, there were black writers, because whitin the Hispanic Empire

there were black men with University degrees. Like Juan de Sessa (aka Juan Latino), an Ethiopian who was professor at Granada's University (Spain) in Grammar and Latin language (there his nickname). He published poetry. The Spanish soldier from Congo, Juan Garrido, who was one of the men with Cortes

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First to publish in the USA might be a better tag

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I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it.. it's just people taking things at face value that I mentioned it

first woman to publish a book ? america, are you trippin on some stupid shit again ?

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Lovely statue. But she died in 1784. That can't be a photo of her.

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Exquisite ❤️

The PBS cartoon Liberty's Kids introduced me to her. I did not know her story until I watched that show

Shhh! Don't tell anyone! Trump will have it removed and replaced with a Confederate soldier.

She died in 1784. There are NO photos available of Phillis Wheatley.

Very true- the photo at top right is Queen Victoria's goddaughter Sarah Forbes Bonetta, in 1862

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Amazing woman indeed!!!

#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory and any attempt to whitewash it won't change that.

Except that in this muddled post, the top-right photo is of an African British woman (Sarah Forbes Bonetta) nearly a century after Phillis Wheatley's time

Okay, I'll take your word, but it doesn't change my point. Black history IS American history.

Black American history is certainly American history, but Black history is world history.

Apologies. I did not compose the photo. I nurture a bad memory to live in the Now; but I hope my unconscious will remind me to check such images in future Black People born in the uk are known as Black british, 3% of the uk population bsky.app/profile/donn... (1/2)

There are 49 million BP in the US; 131 million in Brazil; 233 million in Nigeria (2/2)

Not just Black people born in the UK- all Black citizens of the UK are entitled to be called Black British, even if they became citizens as adults. And Great Britain is famously composed of three nations, so for example this is also possible: blackwelshmusicawards.org.uk

So what.

One more reason to visit Bos!

What's the other one?

lol

Awesome tribute to a person who deserves to be honored as the trail blazer she was. We need far more trail blazers to show us the way. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful post.

When will this be removed for 'endangering children and spouring civil unrest'?

On my list of places to visit

That’s very good.

Don't let Trump and his administration find out about this

Definitely thought that was a statue of 411 Mary

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She will be erased from history by racist trump administration directed by Stephen Miller's hate of non-whites & followers of Nazi ideals

Beautiful. Proud to be a Bostonian

First woman to publish a book, what? 😭

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I read a fascinating editorial about her by John Louis Gates Jr. According to the white 'gentlemen' who sponsored her, literacy proved intelligence. They did not acknowledge that she would have been just as intelligent had she never learned to read and write. Moral: ALWAYS check your ideology.

Oh wow, I thought the pics of the statue were a very good monochrome fashion shoot!

When is trump having it removed?😡

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Beautiful.

Better than this damn statue V

What an elegant statue! Thank you for sharing.

First woman to publish a book??!!

we dont listen to claims blacks make about other blacks in history, we just smile and let them exist in that deluded world. be happy he's not in a gang looking for his next victim.

Rage bait on twitter I assure you you’ll find the attention there 🦄

A trick I utilize: whenever I see jackasses like the rage bait person on other people's posts, I preemptively block them. I've acquired quite the list already.

That is a good idea, but there is a (quite selfish) reason I don’t immediately block any edgelord I see in the comments Endless entertainment for me and my friends to laugh at! Like wringing out a dirty sponge before throwing it away :D

Imagine looking like this and thinking you’re genetically superior to fucking anything

Lol! Bert from Sesame Street fucked a giraffe and out you came. Useless pile of shit.

No. That bit is inaccurate

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Reading comprehension is a good thing. “Earliest known AFRICAN poet and first woman to publish a book” With African, poet, and woman as descriptors ahead of poet and book, a quick google search will show you that this is accurate. www.womenshistory.org/education-re...

Reading and comprehension isn't your strongest trait it seems. "... African" is a descriptor of poet, "first woman" is for "to publish a book". First grade reading and comprehension.

Enheduanna would like a word.

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So beautiful.

Stunningly beautiful!

What did they do to her nose? They changed it to make it look whiter! Another form of racism.

Nicely corseted with neat figure

Corsets are a staple of the 19th century. Before that, women like Wheatley, who was born & died in the 18th century, wore “stays”.

Ok still a neat figure ax working from a thumb nail picture a istaje was made

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Oh how ' interesting "

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Shame it's likely to be removed as soon as MAGA sees this.

We can't allow fear to stop us sharing knowledge Hopefully the meme will endure

Agreed. And the people will remember.

"First woman to publish a book?" NOPE. Meet Julian of Norwich (1342-c.1416, author of The Revelations of Divine Love, "which is widely acknowledged as one of the great classics of the spiritual life. She is thought to have been the first woman to write a book in English which has survived."

Another BlueSky poster noted a Japanese author in the 11th century. But I’d also bet there were others before that too.

Sappho, for a start

While Sappho was a great poet, she never published a book.

Assuming you're not restricting the meaning of "book" to "codex" that's possible but not certain.

It's not possible. Google AI: "No, Sappho did not write a codex. As an ancient Greek lyric poet who lived around 600 BCE, her works were composed for oral performance and recorded on papyrus scrolls long after her death. The codex....was not widely adopted until hundreds of years later."

You're half-agreeing with me. When I put "Assuming you're not restricting the meaning of "book" to "codex" " I meant that I myself was not restricting the meaning of "book" to "codex" because I knew the codex was a later invention. And the AI is making big assumptions with "long after her death".

I appreciate your thoughtful response. However, I fully disagree with your original comment.

You made the fair assumption that I composed the image. The Power of Now helps me to make less assumptions I have made none about you after all

You have made the unfounded assumption that I assumed you composed the image. I made no implication of that. Your "power of now" needs a recharge.

Great post 📫

#365BlackTruth24SevenPhyllisWheatley

MAGA will soon be removing her from the new American recognized history. UNLESS Americans wake up and take back their country. Only you can save yourselves now.

I agree with everything you wrote above except that American should include the Americas; so I prefer the term US-er.

Beautiful.

I read some of her writing in a Women's literature class. Beautiful. I'm grateful she was supported and her writing has endured.

Don’t tell trump or he will remove it . If you’re black and successful trump will take you down . Yeah this is the same guy that used to mark apartment applications if they were black so they didn’t rent to black folks

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Thanks for letting me know

Ok will do !

That wording makes it seem like she's claiming to be the first ever female author to be published when she's more likely the first black woman in the US to be..

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Don't let Trump see that. He'll have it removed.

It's a beautiful statue, everyone should see it.

The first woman to publish a book? Really? Can I get a dollar for every woman that published before her?

Your reply would have been just as effective if it had stopped at: The first woman to publish a book? Or do you fee that people won't read you otherwise. Not everyone who likes your posts will click like on them. The Power of Now helps me to make less assumptions. (1/2)

I have made none about you after all. bsky.app/profile/mbba... (2/2)

You missed "Black" before woman. And probably "US" as well. You seem pretty agitated, why's that?

Cool

First woman to publish a book, really?

Nope.

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Beautiful!

Never saw this before. Love it though!

I love this!!! We need more black women to be lauded and remembered in public spaces. Fill the plinths of confederate traitors with the abolitionists and inventors the strong women the brave women. Every black women that raised this country up should be on a pedestal

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The picture isn't the same person www.npg.org.uk/collections/...

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Black people made this country they built this country they are just as much apart of America as white people if not more I respect what these people have gone through and still going through yet can be cheerful accommodating and faithful they know how to run their family whites do not

The statue is very touching, thank you for sharing

spreading fake news like other blacks

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is it the same for Whites? or is that treatment just for you people?

First known to publish a book - Murasaki Shikibu for The Tale of Genji, written in Japan in the early 11th century.

I saw that grammatical and logic error as well. Pretty sure the intent was to say Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book.

Actually, it predates that. Tale of Genji is the first novel written by a woman. The first book by a woman was the first book that had an author's name on it. Ehammunah, I think, but I"m probably butchering the spelling. She was a mesopatamian priestess.

Tale of Genji is also the first novel by anyone. And the first book of poetry by a woman in the Americas is The Tenth Muse (1650) by Anne Bradstreet.

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It's so beautiful🌷

In the English-speaking world, Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love (c. 1393) is the first book known to have a female author, though first published much later in 1670. For the first woman to publish under her own name, Katherine Parr did so in 1545.

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AWESOME!!!!!

Shh don’t draw attention to

Ah yeah... The Trump admin will probably remove that statue

You're probably right about that. Sigh.

It is a frightening time

I hear you We can't be afraid of sharing knowledge Knowledge is power At least the meme could remain for as long as social media lasts I'm not suggesting what you should do. I'm just sharing information to do with or not as you will

I respect and admire that✨

She's an American.

It’s got some key words that the administration will most certainly try to combat: African, woman, poet, book 😏

Beautiful tribute. 💜

I can imagine trump let’s it get removed soon

tRump will try to get that one removed because it's not white enough.

What was the book?

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Oh cool, thanks.

Imagine a little girl seeing this and realizing that the poetry she's writing may someday be worthy of a statue. That people know her name a century later because a community embraced her work and honored her memory this way. This is the history and heritage we should be celebrating.

I really wish people didn't need to see external representations of greatness to feel themselves capable of it. Be the statue you'd like to see in the world.

I did not know there was a statue of Phyllis Wheatley in Boston! Beautiful statue!

Wonderful woman, wonderful statue ❤️

What a beautiful statue x

I know that's tedious, but "in US" should have been in both qualifiers. Not to dismiss the person, of course, but sometimes americans really seem to not be aware of the uniqueness of the worst of their history...

Why should it be tedious? Stop assuming how others feel. The Power of Now can help. If I was able to compose images, I would do that. I think terms like Black American are acceptable bc it's clear that they refer to a specific people in the Americas (1/2)

It's fair to assume that the person who created the image is from the US but Black People live all over the planet No that history is not unique to the US, this is true of all predominantly light skinned countries. (2/2)

BRAVO PHYLLIS WHEATLEY!

She was a slave and the first woman to publish a book in America.

She’s beautiful as well as astonishing

Amazing. Let’s see how quickly #RacistTrump declares it “woke” & bans it.

Beautiful.

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Another black woman poet is following in her footsteps and inspiring us. Thank you Amanda Gorman.

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I have her children’s book. Illustrations reminded me of Ezra Jack Keats. I’ve read both aloud.

What a great statue!

I did not know this bit of history! And now I know of Phyllis Wheatley! #blackwomen #blackhistory #blackpoets #blacksky #addtoblacksky

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She was so beautiful!

I found her husband's will once in the Massachusetts director, he billed himself as a doctor and left what seemed like grocery merchandise in his estate. Phyllis died young .

Not widely known; she lived in Providence, RI during the occupation of Boston in the Rev War, she was friends with a woman named Oba or Obba Tanner there. (African name Oba, Obba.)

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Love this.

That is absolutely gorgeous!

#FuckBoston

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Amazing statue of her.

From the "Friends of the Public Garden" "Phillis Wheatley was the first Black person, the first enslaved person, and the third woman in the United States to publish a book of poems. She was born in Senegal in 1753, kidnapped at eight years old," friendsofthepublicgarden.org/2023/03/01/w...

First woman ever? Anywhere in the world? You know, all those other countries...............

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This is our history, respect and remember.

That's a beautiful statue.

I wonder how many police have stopped demand her ID or claim she matched the description of a suspect before realizing she was a statue.

Every day on this platform, I see something that is new and important. Thank you for sharing this.

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OUR ANCESTORS ARE AWESOME AND THEY ABIDE WITH US IN THIS DAY TO STRENGTHEN AND PUSH US FORWARD! GOD BLESS THE SPIRIT OF OUR ANCESTORS!

Beautiful sculpture that honors Ms. Wheatley as a poet/thinker. Eyes reflecting a woman lost in thought- what word should I use? Meredith Bergman is the sculptor.

My search results indicate a different person is the first woman to "publish a book"

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Read her biography, she is amazing.

First woman in USA? Wasn't the first in the world quite surely.

I remember when I taught her poetry in my US lit classes. Students were shocked and amazed

Damn. Very cool. Not enough of this kind of thing. Too much history hidden. Best wishes.

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She was a very impressive woman.

How beautiful ❤️

Vaguely resembles her. Doesn't do her justice.

In the USA

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Absolutely beautiful

The first woman to publish a book in English was Julian of Norwich in 1373

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Thanks for sharing this 💞

Wonderful!

Now that's a proper monument.

A part of American history Trump and his fascist regime would like to bury so far no one in America's future gets to even know of it...

Beautiful!!!

Stunning statue.

My third graders read about Phyllis 40 years ago in their reading book. I learned about her right along with them. So I guess "all this woke stuff" is not new after all is it.

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There is no black history outside of a couple of African states, but thta is the thing of a long gone past. And it has definitely no connection to any black inn America.

Nice

Overtly Christian woman - Some leftist white, female, radical feminist is currently struggling with the moral quandary of whether to deface/vandalize it or not.

Have you read about her? She was an amazing woman.

Indeed I've taught her poetry. As I recall, she could read classical Latin and Greek. I would venture a guess her IQ would have been measured near 130 - two standard deviations above the norm - more commonly "genius level." She also was a pious, observant believer who took her religion seriously.

This is a lie that is on Facebook where the OP turned off comments correcting her lie to her page. It’s probably where you got this.

Or it's a mistake I'm always honest I found the image four years ago so I have no idea where I found it now. Facebookers don't always turn off comments. Sometimes it's meta itself that turns such off. The Power of Now helps me to make less assumptions I have made none about you after all

That photograph IS NOT Phyllis Wheatley. That photograph is of Sarah Forbes Bonetta, Queen Victorias god-daughter.

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Wheatley was long dead by the time Sarah Bonetta was born.

Beautiful.

I've seen so many bad sculptures of famous people in the past few years, but finally I see this one from a professional who knows his/her business.

@pilarpm.bsky.social‬ wrote: Beautiful sculpture that honors Ms. Wheatley as a poet/thinker. Eyes reflecting a woman lost in thought- what word should I use? Meredith Bergman is the sculptor.

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Beautiful sculpture!

please view it now before it’s white washed

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woah shes pretty. congrats to her for those accomplishments

First woman *allowed* to publish a book...

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That’s a really beautiful sculpture. Just stunning. I’m sure her descents are thrilled with it!

She was probably a Republican since the Democrats founded the KKK.

Super pic

Make sure they don't tear it down... Protect #blackhistory and her memory! #PhyllisWheatley

Now, there is something I'd actually like to be in Boston for. To pay my respects.

Don’t draw attention to it. Trump will have it removed!

This is absolutely beautiful!

so wonderful, thanks for posting this! My wife and I used to perform on the Spoken Word scene. we knew Cornelius Eady a bit... Cave Canem cavecanempoets.org (Cave Canem is a nonprofit organization, committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets.) #blackpoets

What a beautiful sculpture

Beautiful

What a beautiful bronze statue.

I went to college at UMass-Boston. I became familiar with Phyllis Wheatley because there is a building named after her. I attended most of my economics courses in Wheatley Hall.

Yes, all my psych classes. I learned about her because of Wheatley Hall too.

First woman (to publish) in the US I assume…

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The question remains: When will Republicans begin to demand said acknowledgment be taken down & replace it with a statue of Thomas F. Dixon Jr.?

So cool. What year was that? Female writers have been around forever but they all used to use "male" names as authors. Women weren't accepted as authors worthy of publication. It'll be like that again in a couple of years if you don't get rid of trump's dictatorship.

Assuming a Black Person doesn't know something is a form of racism.

absolutely!

Hail the Bronze Lady.

When I was in 1st grade, I did a book report on Phyllis Wheatley for Black History Month. I always thought it was interesting that at no time during my public school education was she mentioned.

Take a good look - if the racists in DC have their way, she won’t be there much longer 😢😡

More #Monuments like this !!!

Learned about her work many moons ago in a Women's Literature class at Kent State University. Toni Morrison and others, too. Old school education!

Don’t let you know who see it