Finding Cleopatra

Published: Dec. 11, 2019, 5 a.m.

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Edmonia Lewis was the first American woman of color to achieve international fame as a sculptor. Her 3,000-pound masterwork, \\u201cThe Death of Cleopatra,\\u201d commemorated another powerful woman who broke with convention\\u2026 and then the sculpture disappeared. On this episode of Sidedoor, we find them both.

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