to learn the human form and paid for private sculpture lessons. The biggest career move she made was moving to Rome to study art. Hosmer owned her own studio and ran her own business. She became a well-known artist in Rome, and received several commissions. Hosmer commented on her break from tradition by saying "I honor every woman who has strength enough to step outside the beaten path when she feels that her walk lies in another; strength enough to stand up and be laughed at, if necessary." Legacy Mount Hosmer, near Lansing, Iowa is named after Hosmer; she won a footrace to the summit of the hill during a steamboat layover during the 1850s. During World War II the Liberty ship was built in Panama City, Florida, and named in her honor. A book of poetry, Waking Stone: Inventions on the Life Of Harriet Hosmer, by Carole Simmons Oles, was published in 2006. Her sculpture, Puck and Owl, is featured on the Boston Women's Heritage Trail. The Hosmer School in Watertown, Massachusetts is a public elementary school. It was built on land donated by Harriet’s father, Dr. Hiram Hosmer. The school was originally dedicated to both Hiram and Harriet’s cousin Dr. Alfred Hosmer in honor of their years of service to the community. On February 1, 2022 to mark the occasion of the opening of the newly renovated school, the town of Watertown rededicated the building to include Harriet. From the rededication ceremony; “This change is not to exclude, demote, nor snub the Doctors Hiram and Alfred Hosmer, rightly honored for their combined decades of service to the town, but rather to include Harriet, internationally famous even in her own time when women had fewer outlets for publicly acknowledged accomplishments. Harriet was present for the dedication of the first building, named for her father and her cousin. It is time she is equally recognized.” Selected works Hosmer made both large and small scale works and also produced work to specific order. Her smaller works were frequently issued in multiples to accommodate demand. Among her most popular were 'Beatrice Cenci', which exists in several versions. Hesper, The Evening Star, her first original sculpture (1852) Doctor McDowell, a portrait of a man who had a great impact on Hosmer's professional life (1852) Clasped Hands of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1853) Daphne and Medusa, ideal heads (1853) Puck (1855), a spirited