Mr. Imhotep - Do you know the story of Sara Baartman?! Sexism - During 1814–70, there were at least seven scientific descriptions of the bodies of Black women done in comparative anatomy.
![Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0040085/full/full/0/default.jpg)
Lord Grenville, Prime Minister and leader of the Broad Bottoms faction, meets Sarah Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus": on account of their similar body-mass, a dynastic marriage is considered. Coloured etching attributed to
![The 1816 complete cast in plaster of Saartjie Baartman is displayed during a ceremony at the South African Embassy in Paris April 29, 2002, in preparation for Baartman's remains return to South The 1816 complete cast in plaster of Saartjie Baartman is displayed during a ceremony at the South African Embassy in Paris April 29, 2002, in preparation for Baartman's remains return to South](https://l450v.alamy.com/450v/2d3e4rj/the-1816-complete-cast-in-plaster-of-saartjie-baartman-is-displayed-during-a-ceremony-at-the-south-african-embassy-in-paris-april-29-2002-in-preparation-for-baartmans-remains-to-be-returned-to-south-africa-in-early-may-for-burial-the-indigenous-woman-born-in-1789-was-taken-to-london-by-a-british-navy-doctor-around-1810-where-she-was-shown-off-in-freak-shows-as-the-hottentot-venus-after-she-died-her-cast-skeleton-brain-and-other-organs-were-preserved-and-displayed-at-the-museum-of-mankind-in-paris-reuterscharles-platiau-cp-2d3e4rj.jpg)
The 1816 complete cast in plaster of Saartjie Baartman is displayed during a ceremony at the South African Embassy in Paris April 29, 2002, in preparation for Baartman's remains return to South
![Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women | Salon.com Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women | Salon.com](https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/1200/height/675/https://media.salon.com/2021/08/venus-hottentote-0806211.jpg)
Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women | Salon.com
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