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    Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814 – January 11, 1904) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably...
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  • Bell's father had been an associate of African-American businesswoman Mary Ellen Pleasant, and with her assistance he had built a fortune of $30 million ($1...
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  • American academic administrator and teacher Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015), American photographer Mary Ellen Pleasant (1815–1904), American entrepreneur, financier...
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    Records. Multiple sources mention that although other women (like Mary Ellen Pleasant) might have been the first, their wealth is not as well-documented...
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    lucrative, yet boundary crossing and entwined, relationship with Mary Ellen Pleasant that may have complicated Bell's personal life, while it also helped...
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  • 2008–09 Life on Mars Maya Daniels 5 episodes 2013–14 Drunk History Mary Ellen Pleasant and Rosa Parks 2 episodes 2014–15 The Red Road Sky Van Der Veen 7...
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  • served in the Atlantic to end the slave trade. A fugitive slave named Mary Ellen Pleasant had come to San Francisco in 1852 aboard the steamer Oregon. Initially...
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  • shot and stabbed her. The novel 1993: Free Enterprise: A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant by Jamaican Author Michelle Cliff includes a character named Annie...
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  • American football coach Mary Ellen Pleasant (died 1904), American abolitionist Ray Pleasant (1928-2022), American politician Reggie Pleasant (born 1962), American...
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  • including owner Thomas Bell and his co-inhabiting business partner, Mary Ellen Pleasant, who had designed much of the mansion in real-life. Teresa Clingnan-Harris...
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