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Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage, preceding Madam C. J. Walker by decades.
Life Story: Mary Ellen Pleasant (1814–1904) Businesswoman and Abolitionist. The story of a Black entrepreneur who made her fortune in the West. Print Page. Mary Ellen Pleasant. “Image of Mary Ellen Pleasant,” Historic Nantucket, Spring 1995. Berkeley Library Digital Collections, University of California.
Mary Ellen Pleasant was perhaps the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Francisco. Accounts differ on where she was born and whether or not she was enslaved; however, by the 1820s she was in New England, working at a busy shop and likely helping fellow Black Americans to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
14 de feb. de 2020 · Mary Ellen Pleasant may not be a household name, but her story rivals that of any great American entrepreneur. In the 1800s, Pleasant became one of the first African-American female self-made...
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1 de feb. de 2019 · 1814-1907. Mary Ellen Pleasant. Born into slavery, she became a Gold Rush-era millionaire and a powerful abolitionist. By VERONICA CHAMBERS. When the abolitionist John Brown was hanged on...
30 de ene. de 2007 · Mary Ellen Pleasant was born on Aug. 19, 1814 in Virginia and spent her early years in Nantucket, Massachusetts. She worked as a bond servant to the Hussey family, an abolitionist family. She later married James Smith, a wealthy former plantation owner and an abolitionist. … Read MoreMary Ellen Pleasant (1814-1904)
Mary Ellen Pleasant, 1814-1904. Crédito de la foto - Wikipedia. La “Madre de los Derechos Civiles en California”, una de las principales abolicionistas durante la época de la Fiebre del Oro, y una empresaria y financiera millonaria hecha a sí misma. El origen de Mary Ellen Pleasant no está claro.
