Wisconsin History Day By Day

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"Famous Wisconsin Women" by the Women's Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Historical Society

"Vinnie Ream: The Story of the Girl Who Sculptured Lincoln" by Dawn Langley Simmons

Vocabulary:

sculptress

assassinated

Interesting Fact:

Hoxie was the first woman to be commissioned by the federal government to create a scupture.

Study Questions:

Where did Hoxie learn to be a scuptress?

Besides the Lincoln statue, what are Hoxie's other major works?

Where can the Lincoln statue be seen today?

U.S. historical events that occurred on September 25:

1775: Ethan Allen is captured by the British as he leads an attack on Montreal.

1981: Sandra Day O'Connor is sworn-in as the first woman justice on the Supreme Court.

September 25

September 25, 1847: Vinnie Ream Hoxie, sculptress, was born in Madison in the log cabin once used by Eben and Rosaline Peck. By the age of 18, Hoxie began working on a statue of Abraham Lincoln, having half-hour daily sittings with him for five months just before he was assassinated.

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September 25, 1847: Vinnie Ream Hoxie, sculptress, was born in Madison in the log cabin once used by Eben and Rosaline Peck. By the age of 18, Hoxie began working on a statue of Abraham Lincoln, having half-hour daily sittings with him for five months just before he was assassinated.