Women in Business
Biddy Mason: The Mormon Slave Who Became a Californian Treasure
For nearly forty years, she lived as a slave under a Mississippi master. Despite never learning to read or write, she saved her earnings as a midwife, ultimately becoming a…
Read MoreMary Ellen Pleasant: San Francisco’s “Golden” Girl
She was Black America’s first self-made millionaire. The most powerful woman in San Francisco’s Gold-Rush period. She was a “one-woman social agency” for emancipated Blacks. Her name was Mary Ellen…
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