The Making of "Mammy Pleasant"
Subtitle: A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco (Women in American History)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 21, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780252075278
Subjects: Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - 19th Century; Women; Social Science / African-American Studies; Ethnic Issues
First sentence: Every detail about Mary Ellen Pleasant's past is contested: her birthplace, her parents, her name, her occupation, and her wealth.