People appreciated the younger-looking design of the image as it was more in line with the New World’s infancy. Over time, the Indian Queen became younger and younger, until she “transformed” into the Indian Princess image. Depicted as mature and attractive, the Indian Queen was similar to feminine images the Europeans used for other colonized continents such as Africa. Before her inception at the end of the 17 th century, the image of the Indian Queen that was most commonly used. Miss Columbia isn’t the first female symbol used to represent the European colonies in the New World. Miss Columbia and the Indian Queen and Princess In a sense, she can be called a non-theistic deity. That being said, while it may tickle some of the more ardent Christian believers the wrong way, Columbia continues to be called a “goddess” to this day. No one really claims that she has godhood either – she is just a symbol of the New World and the European colonies in it. While she’s often called “Goddess Columbia”, Columbia doesn’t belong to any religion. Sewall wrote a poem in which he called the American colonies “Columbia” after the name of Christopher Columbus. He didn’t invent the name as a part of his legal work, however, but as a poet. Sewall was from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The idea of Columbia was first thought of by Chief Justice Samuel Sewall in 1697. However, while Columbia has most prominently been used in the US, Canada too has used the symbol for centuries. She sometimes wears the Roman Phrygian cap, as it too is a classic symbol of freedom dating all the way back to the times of ancient Rome.Īs for Columbia’s name, it should come as no surprise that it’s based on the name of Christopher Columbus, the Genoan explorer who is credited for discovering the New World. At other times, she wears completely white robes, reminiscent of those worn in ancient Rome. She is sometimes depicted wearing the American flag as a dress to show her patriotism. PD.Ĭolumbia doesn’t have a set-in-stone “look” but she’s almost always a young-to-middle-aged woman with fair skin and – more often than not – blonde hair.Ĭolumbia’s wardrobe varies greatly but it always has some patriotic notes to it. Columbia carrying telegraph lines in American Progress by John Gast (1872).
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