Phillis wheatley fun facts

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1) She is the only person in history to have a movie made of her life and be nominated for an Oscar.

2) Her first name is actually Phillis, but she changed it because she was afraid people would think she was some sort of lesbian.

3) When she was born, her parents thought they were having twins. They had no idea that one of them would turn out to be a girl. (She didn't know either until after she turned 18. Her mother never told her and her mother never mentioned it to anyone until she found out that women were wanting to make a movie about her life)

4) She had to learn how to read and write at a very young age because her father was mentally abusive. (He didn't think women should be educated.)

5) She didn't learn how to type until her late thirties.

6) She could write clearly and simply about anything. But she claimed that it was the reading of Jane Austen's works that really developed her talent.

7) She wrote many letters to George Washington. She always addressed him as "General Washington" or "Mr. President". The only letter she addressed to him as "George" was when she was begging for money.

8) She didn't always have the easiest life, but she always did what she could to survive.

9) She never married or had children. She did have a relationship with a man named James Keint until her death, but she never did reveal that part of her life to anyone until after she died.

10) She never owned a television, radio or telephone. She didn't even own a fan. (Her favorite thing to do was to lie in a hammock and have people fan her with Pelicans. She found them in the woods nearby her home. She loved them like children, and named one Noah after the other.)

People called her crazy when she started to campaign for women's suffrage. They claimed that women were not fit to make political decisions. They also claimed that women could not own property or vote. But she didn't care. She claimed that women were nothing but second class citizens under the law. She claimed that they could not own property or vote unless they had a male relative to vouch for them.

She based her arguments on the fact that she was a self-made woman. She started off as a penniless orphan. She worked hard for everything she achieved in her life. And she believed that all women should be able to do the same.

She became a lawyer. She became a great one.

She became a very wealthy woman.

She became a very powerful woman.

She was the first woman to run for vice-president on a major political party ticket.

She was the first woman to be awarded an honorary doctorate by a number of American institutions, including Brown University, Columbia University, Loyola University and the University as well as many others.

She was the first woman to give a major address at the National Press Club.

She was the first woman to give a major address before both houses of Congress.

She was the first woman to be included in Art and Literature at the Democratic National Convention.

She was the first woman to be included in the emblem of a political party.

She was the first woman to be the subject of a major museum exhibit. The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a special exhibit called "First Ladies of the Modern Commonwealth".

She was the first woman to have her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She was the first woman to have a building named after her in Washington, D.C. The Mary Surratt House was dedicated to her in 1968.

She had a considerable influence on the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. It was largely due to her tireless efforts that women's suffrage became a reality in America.

She could have lived a life of ease and luxury. She could have pursued other interests. She could have rested on her laurels. She chose not to. She wanted more for women. And so she lived life to its fullest.

She was a trail blazer. She fought to make the impossible possible. She fought for women's rights. Yet she was not free while she lived. She did not know freedom. She was always bound by society's rules. Her life was full and happy despite that.

She loved life.

And she was free.

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