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With open hands : a story about Biddy Mason
- Title
- With open hands : a story about Biddy Mason / by Jeri Chase Ferris ; illustrated by Ralph L. Ramstad.
- Author
- Ferris, Jeri.
- Publication
- Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1999.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Description
- 64 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Recounts the life of Biddy Mason, a slave who found freedom in California in 1856, who practiced the philosophy of sharing as she nursed the sick, delivered babies, and started many philanthropic projects after becoming a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles.
- Series Statement
- A creative minds biography
- Subject
- Mason, Biddy, 1818-1891 > Juvenile literature
- 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
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.
- Contents
- Slave girl -- Leaving Mississippi -- Crossing the prairie -- To California and freedom -- On her own -- With open hands.
- Call Number
- Sc D 04-982
- ISBN
- 1575053306 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98016247
- OCLC
- 38833090
- Author
- Ferris, Jeri.
- Title
- With open hands : a story about Biddy Mason / by Jeri Chase Ferris ; illustrated by Ralph L. Ramstad.
- Imprint
- Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c1999.
- Series
- A creative minds biography
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-61) and index.
- Added Author
- Schomburg Children's Collection.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 04-982