Biddy Mason

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Biddy Mason was a formerly enslaved woman who became one of the first Black female landowners in Los Angeles. She worked as a midwife and nurse, and later invested in real estat...

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Biddy Mason was born into slavery in Mississippi around 1818 and later became one of the first African American women to own land in Los Angeles. She worked as a nurse and midwi...

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