Portrait of poet Phillis Wheatley seated with quill pen and paper, with enslaved black women in the background. This is one of fourteen of a series of linocuts by Mexican and American artist Elizabeth Catlett, which was first produced in 1946-47, under the series title "I Am the Negro Woman." This edition was reprinted by the artist in 1989 with the updated title "I am the Black Woman." The series declares a narrative about the black woman in America, with each image and title presenting one phrase of the narrative.