Bio: San Franciscan Mary Ellen Pleasant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Ellen Pleasant Born August 19, 1814[a]Georgia, Virginia, or Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[a] Died January 11, 1904[b]San Francisco, California Known for Entrepreneur and abolitionist Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814[a] – January 11, 1904[b]) was a 19th-century 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… Continue reading
