Phillis Wheatley Peters
She was the first Black woman to publish a book of poems in America. But it wasn’t until she turned 25 that Phillis Wheatley was allowed to decide her own name.
phillis wheatley peters
She was the first Black woman to publish a book of poems in America. But it wasn’t until she turned 25 that Phillis Wheatley was allowed to decide her own name.