"Do the best you can in every task no
matter how unimportant it many seem
at the time. No one learns more about
a problem than the person at the bottom."
~Sandra Day O'Connon
Vinnie Ream, born this day in 1847. The
first woman and the youngest to recieve
a commission from the U.S. government.
A sculptor, at age 18 Congress awarded
Ms. Ream the project of the Statue of
Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol
Rotunda. Other works include: Sappho
in Arlington Cemetery; Sequoyh in
Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.
