women sculptors

Cassie Simon moves back to the little town were her mother was born and attempts to unravel the family myths about her mother's death.

Tells the story of Vinnie Ream, an aspiring artist living in Washington D.C. during the Civil War, who gained a reputation as a sculptor and succeeded in persuading President Abraham Lincoln to sit for her--an honor that led to her winning a government commission to create a statue of Lincoln after his assassination.