Mary Ellen Pleasant - FROM THE VAULT

Queens of the Mines features the authentic stories of gold rush women who blossomed from the camouflaged, twisted roots of California. She was one of the richest and most powerful people in California, and she was a black woman. Known as the “mother of civil rights in California”, one of San Francisco’s most notorious madams, a savior of the downtrodden, an exploiter of the wealthy and the “Queen of Voodoo”, while breaking racial taboos she played a remarkable role in the early years of San Francisco, and I want you to know her name. Ways to Support the QOTM family during the coronavirus Venmo @queensofthemines Cash App @queensofthemines www.queensofthemines.com youniqueproducts.com/queensofthemines Sponsors www.facebook.com/ColumbiaMercantile1855/ www.thebop209.com Sources: The Making of Mammy Pleasant by Lynn Hudson Mary Ellen Pleasant: Unsung Heroine” by Steve Crowe in Crisis, Jan-Feb 1999] NY Times Overlooked The Paris Review Found SF SF Museum MEPleasant.com Don‘t Call Her Mammy KQED How a Heroine became a demon in victorian SF Face 2 Face Africa KALW SF Public Radio Meet Mary Pleasant - film Nantucket Historical Association America Comes Alive! Encyclopedia - Mary Ellen Pleasant Burial Information