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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History
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Entrepreneurs Who Changed History

by DK
September 2020
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
9h 53m
English
DK Publishing
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BIDDY MASON

1818–1891

After being freed from slavery, Biddy Mason was employed as a midwife and nurse, using skills she had acquired while enslaved. She saved enough money to buy land in Los Angeles and became a successful property entrepreneur. One of the city’s wealthiest women, she spent her fortune on supporting her local community.

Bridget, nicknamed “Biddy,” Mason was born into slavery in Mississippi in 1818. In 1836, she was given to plantation owner Robert Smith. He converted to Mormonism in 1847 and decided to move his family and slaves from Mississippi to Utah, where the church was establishing ...

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