foremother

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The poem — once called “the most reviled poem in African American literature” — has been hard for many to take, including the generations of Black poets who have claimed Wheatley as a foremother.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

Even today, many in the country of 12 million know little about their foremother.

From Washington Post • Aug. 26, 2021

In recent years, Chisholm has received some belated recognition for her role in establishing the groundwork for women’s fight against sexual harassment, and she has been cited as a foremother of the modern #MeToo movement.

From Slate • May 6, 2020

“She’s a pioneering performance artist and poet, a mystic, a feminist foremother for a whole generation of women artists and writers.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

And as the heat of the room ebbed away, he told of her foremother and of his, and of the sturdy Welse who fought the great lone fight, and died, fighting, at Treasure City.

From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack