Breast Cancer
In 1869, Cushman underwent treatment for breast cancer. Stebbins ignored her own sculpting career and devoted all of her time to caring for Cushman.
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Grow to some Southern tree,
And strange-eyed constellations reign
His stars eternally.”
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