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Author Driggs, Lorin, author

Title Biddy Mason : becoming a leader / Lorin Driggs
Published Huntington Beach, CA : Teacher Created Materials, 2017

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Contents A courageous life -- Mason's life in Mississippi -- The free state of California -- Freedom and beyond -- A monument and a mural -- The heart of Los Angeles -- Stage it!
Summary Biddy Mason's life began as an enslaved person, but she became a successful nurse, midwife and land owner who influenced the city of Los Angeles. Learn more about her life through intriguing primary sources that will keep students engaged in reading
Notes Includes index
Grades 4-6
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Subject Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 -- Juvenile literature
SUBJECT Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 fast
Subject Enslaved women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
African American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
African American midwives -- California -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
African American midwives
African American women
Enslaved persons
Enslaved women
SUBJECT Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Subject California
California -- Los Angeles
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
Juvenile works
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017021170
ISBN 9781425835095
1425835090
9781425832582
142583258X