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Phillis Wheatley
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry.
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Hello. My name is Phillis. When I was a little girl, I loved words more than anything. I loved to look at words in big books. I loved to write my own thoughts down. My thoughts became poems. Words felt like magic to me.
When I was about seven years old, in the year 1761, I came to a new home in a city called Boston. A kind family saw how much I loved to learn. They helped me learn how to read and write even better. I practiced all the time. I wrote and wrote about the sun, the stars, and my feelings. Soon, I had enough poems to fill a whole book. In 1773, my book was made for everyone to read.
My book of poems was very special. I was the first African American woman to ever have a book of poems published. I lived to be 31 years old. My life came to an end in 1784, but my words did not. My poems still live on in books for you to read today. I hope they remind you that your words are special and powerful, too.
Phillis Wheatley
Hello. My name is Phillis. When I was a little girl, I loved words more than anything. I loved to look at words in big books. I loved to write my own thoughts down. My thoughts became poems. Words felt like magic to me.
When I was about seven years old, in the year 1761, I came to a new home in a city called Boston. A kind family saw how much I loved to learn. They helped me learn how to read and write even better. I practiced all the time. I wrote and wrote about the sun, the stars, and my feelings. Soon, I had enough poems to fill a whole book. In 1773, my book was made for everyone to read.
My book of poems was very special. I was the first African American woman to ever have a book of poems published. I lived to be 31 years old. My life came to an end in 1784, but my words did not. My poems still live on in books for you to read today. I hope they remind you that your words are special and powerful, too.
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Phillis Wheatley was the first African American woman to publish a book of poetry. Enslaved as a child, she learned to read and write, mastering multiple languages and becoming a celebrated poet in both America and England during the Revolutionary era.
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