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Black History Month: Mary Ellen Pleasant -- the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Franc

Name: Black History Month: Mary Ellen Pleasant -- the most powerful Black woman in Gold Rush-era San Franc
Uploaded: 2023-02-16T05:46:00-0800
Duration: 4 min 4 s
Description: Pleasant arrived in San Francisco in 1852 -- at the height of the Gold Rush -- and using her nest egg opened laundries and boardinghouses

Pleasant arrived in San Francisco in 1852 -- at the height of the Gold Rush -- and using her nest egg opened laundries and boardinghouses