The Making of "Mammy Pleasant": A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco by Lynn M. Hudson

The Making of "Mammy Pleasant": A Black Entrepreneur in Nineteenth-Century San Francisco

Women, Gender, and Sexuality in American History

Lynn M. Hudson

193 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir challenging informative medium-paced
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In The Making of "Mammy Pleasant," Lynn M. Hudson examines the folklore of Mary Ellen Pleasant's real and imagined powers. Addressing the lack of a historical record of black women's lives, Hudson argues that the silences and mysteries of Pleasant...

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