Took a self-guided tour of #Boyleheights paid respects at #BiddyMason resting place a former slave who changed her story by helping others.Took a selfie at #MariachiPlaza and had a meal at #ElMercadito visited the monument #sobrevivir where forced sterilization of latinas took place #csudhMSW501
April 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Took a self-guided tour of #Boyleheights paid respects at #BiddyMason resting place a former slave who changed her story by helping others.Took a selfie at #MariachiPlaza and had a meal at #ElMercadito visited the monument #sobrevivir where forced sterilization of latinas took place #csudhMSW501
Honoring Biddy Mason, Nurse, Real Estate influencer, philanthropist, and a pioneer in the LA community's care 333 Spring Street. A true foremother of social work.#BiddyMason #SocialWorkHistory #csudhMSW501
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April 26, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Honoring Biddy Mason, Nurse, Real Estate influencer, philanthropist, and a pioneer in the LA community's care 333 Spring Street. A true foremother of social work.#BiddyMason #SocialWorkHistory #csudhMSW501
biddymason.com
biddymason.com
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
September 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
September 29, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
"Should LA rename Pershing Square after Biddy Mason?
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a proposal to rename the downtown park after a local woman." @kcrw.com: www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r... #BiddyMason #DTLA
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a proposal to rename the downtown park after a local woman." @kcrw.com: www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r... #BiddyMason #DTLA
September 4, 2026 at 1:43 AM
"Should LA rename Pershing Square after Biddy Mason?
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a proposal to rename the downtown park after a local woman." @kcrw.com: www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r... #BiddyMason #DTLA
The Los Angeles City Council is considering a proposal to rename the downtown park after a local woman." @kcrw.com: www.kcrw.com/shows/kcrw-r... #BiddyMason #DTLA
As we approach the end of Black History Month, I thought I would repost one of my Substack posts from last year.
#BiddyMason #BlackHistory #LosAngeles #California
#BiddyMason #BlackHistory #LosAngeles #California
Born into slavery, Biddy Mason became a wealthy woman, philanthropist, humanitarian. She was one of the first African American pioneers to own land in downtown Los Angeles. And, she paved the way for enslaved African Americans to win their freedom in California.
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February 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
As we approach the end of Black History Month, I thought I would repost one of my Substack posts from last year.
#BiddyMason #BlackHistory #LosAngeles #California
#BiddyMason #BlackHistory #LosAngeles #California
Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Have been in Sacramento for the last couple of days. A few images of #Toypurina & #BiddyMason from the California Museum exhibit “Women Inspire: California Women Changing Our World” (californiamuseum.org/exhibitions/...). #womenshistory #MuseumSky #CAHistory
Sat @ 11am: The Banning Museum (in #WilmingtonCA) is hosting a talk about Harriett Mason, daughter of Biddy Mason. Harriett Mason worked for Phineas Banning & his family in the early 1860s & helped save lives when SS Ada Hancock exploded in 1863. www.thebanningmuseum.org/event/from-d... #BiddyMason
From Darkness to Light: Discovering Harriett Mason - The Banning Museum
The “Keeping History Alive Series” rolls on with a lecture by Museum Director, Michael Sanborn on the remarkable figure, Harriett Mason. Former slave, Harriett Mason worked for the Banning Family... R...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Sat @ 11am: The Banning Museum (in #WilmingtonCA) is hosting a talk about Harriett Mason, daughter of Biddy Mason. Harriett Mason worked for Phineas Banning & his family in the early 1860s & helped save lives when SS Ada Hancock exploded in 1863. www.thebanningmuseum.org/event/from-d... #BiddyMason
Join us Today Thursday August 6, 2026 for our live stream interview with Suzette Harrison. 2 pm EST/ 11 am PST
Click here to join: app.talkshoe.com/episode/5698...
#blacksky #addtoblacksky #bluesky #HistoricalFiction #BiddyMason #losangeles
Click here to join: app.talkshoe.com/episode/5698...
#blacksky #addtoblacksky #bluesky #HistoricalFiction #BiddyMason #losangeles
August 6, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Join us Today Thursday August 6, 2026 for our live stream interview with Suzette Harrison. 2 pm EST/ 11 am PST
Click here to join: app.talkshoe.com/episode/5698...
#blacksky #addtoblacksky #bluesky #HistoricalFiction #BiddyMason #losangeles
Click here to join: app.talkshoe.com/episode/5698...
#blacksky #addtoblacksky #bluesky #HistoricalFiction #BiddyMason #losangeles
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
September 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
New on SepiaFeatures.Substack.com
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
September 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
We are dismayed to see fights breaking out in comment sections over renaming Pershing Square. As we told the Los Angeles Times: "John J. Pershing lived a life of integrity, as did Biddy Mason, and they're not in competition."
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September 6, 2026 at 3:49 AM
We are dismayed to see fights breaking out in comment sections over renaming Pershing Square. As we told the Los Angeles Times: "John J. Pershing lived a life of integrity, as did Biddy Mason, and they're not in competition."
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
esotouric.substack.com/biddymason
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
esotouric.substack.com/biddymason
#California #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #BiddyMason
'More than a century after Biddy Mason became one of Los Angeles’ earliest Black landowners and philanthropists, a prominent piece of Downtown will soon carry her name.'
localnewspasadena.com/2026/l-a-cit...
'More than a century after Biddy Mason became one of Los Angeles’ earliest Black landowners and philanthropists, a prominent piece of Downtown will soon carry her name.'
localnewspasadena.com/2026/l-a-cit...
L.A. City Council unanimously votes to rename Pershing Square after Biddy Mason
Jackie Broxton on why Biddy Mason’s story belongs in Downtown L.A.
localnewspasadena.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:42 PM
#California #BlackHistory #BlackExcellence #BiddyMason
'More than a century after Biddy Mason became one of Los Angeles’ earliest Black landowners and philanthropists, a prominent piece of Downtown will soon carry her name.'
localnewspasadena.com/2026/l-a-cit...
'More than a century after Biddy Mason became one of Los Angeles’ earliest Black landowners and philanthropists, a prominent piece of Downtown will soon carry her name.'
localnewspasadena.com/2026/l-a-cit...
From enslaved to landowner, Biddy Mason proved that resilience and generosity can transform lives. Her legacy in LA is one of empowerment. #BiddyMason #WomenInBusiness #Empowerment
Biddy Mason: A Story of Freedom, Faith, and Community Transformation
Explore the incredible journey of Biddy Mason, a woman who walked 1,700 miles and became a philanthropist in Los Angeles.
oakwoodexperience.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
From enslaved to landowner, Biddy Mason proved that resilience and generosity can transform lives. Her legacy in LA is one of empowerment. #BiddyMason #WomenInBusiness #Empowerment
Did you know? Biddy Mason helped establish the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. She built wealth and gave back to her community. #BiddyMason #Community #Philanthropy
Biddy Mason: A Story of Freedom, Faith, and Community Transformation
Explore the incredible journey of Biddy Mason, a woman who walked 1,700 miles and became a philanthropist in Los Angeles.
oakwoodexperience.com
March 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Did you know? Biddy Mason helped establish the first African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles. She built wealth and gave back to her community. #BiddyMason #Community #Philanthropy
New on SepiaFeatures.Substack.com
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
September 24, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
Biddy Mason, Winnie Owens, Southern vigilantes in 19th century Los Angeles, and a weak-kneed put-down that never stood up.
#BiddyMason #California #15thAmendment #WinnieOwens #Emancipation #VotingRights #WomensSuffrage
"Biddy Mason Memorial Park was among the first significant efforts to acknowledge the histories of working people and communities of color in Los Angeles’ public spaces." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #LosAngeles #BiddyMason #PershingSquare
Opinion: Kevin de León's plan to rename Pershing Square is not the way to honor Black Angelenos
The embattled L.A. city council member wants to rename the square after Biddy Mason, who already has a public memorial. Why not spotlight other overlooked Black pioneers?
www.latimes.com
July 15, 2024 at 6:53 PM
"Biddy Mason Memorial Park was among the first significant efforts to acknowledge the histories of working people and communities of color in Los Angeles’ public spaces." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor... #LosAngeles #BiddyMason #PershingSquare
Celebrating Our Queens | Meet The Enslaved Woman Who Became One of Los Angeles’ Most Powerful Landowners: As the nation celebrates Black History Month, few figures embody the spirit of perseverance, entrepreneurship, and… #BlackHistoryMonth #BiddyMason #Entrepreneurship #Philanthropy #WomenInHistory
Celebrating Our Queens | Meet The Enslaved Woman Who Became One of Los Angeles’ Most Powerful Landowners
As the nation celebrates Black History Month, few figures embody the spirit of perseverance, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy quite like Biddy Mason. Born…
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February 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Celebrating Our Queens | Meet The Enslaved Woman Who Became One of Los Angeles’ Most Powerful Landowners: As the nation celebrates Black History Month, few figures embody the spirit of perseverance, entrepreneurship, and… #BlackHistoryMonth #BiddyMason #Entrepreneurship #Philanthropy #WomenInHistory
