"I am a whole theatre in myself."
— Mary Ellen Pleasant

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
African-American abolitionistsAfrican-American women Entrepreneurs
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
English (Original)

Sources

A Historical Detective Story: Part II Mystery of Mary Ellen Pleasant. April 7, 2021

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant

Revision History

No revisions have been submitted for this quote.

  1. Home
  2. /
  3. African-American abolitionists
  4. /
  5. Quote by Mary Ellen Pleasant

Categories

African-American abolitionistsAfrican-American women Entrepreneurs

Mary Ellen Pleasant

Mary Ellen Pleasant (August 19, 1814[a] – January 11, 1904[b]) was an American entrepreneur, financier, real estate magnate and abolitionist. She was arguably the first self-made millionaire of African-American heritage.

5 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Mary Ellen Pleasant →

Related Quotes

"“You know my cause well. My cause was the cause of freedom and equality for myself and for my people and I’d rather b…"
— Mary Ellen Pleasant
African American AbolitionistsAfrican American Women Entrepreneurs
"“I was a girl full of smartness who let books alone and studied men and women a good deal … I have always noticed tha…"
— Mary Ellen Pleasant
African American AbolitionistsAfrican American Women Entrepreneurs
"“They paid the newspapers to malign and to vilify me and to blacken my character, but I did not reply to their assaul…"
— Mary Ellen Pleasant
African American AbolitionistsAfrican American Women Entrepreneurs
""Some say that words are made to reveal feelings; I say that words are made to conceal them.”"
— Mary Ellen Pleasant
African American AbolitionistsAfrican American Women Entrepreneurs
HomePopularAdd Quote
Add Quote
HomePopularWorksQuotesAuthorsCATEGORIES
RECENTLY ADDED

Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.

- Gopal Mukund Huddar

CATEGORIES
Novelists From The United States29258Thema28471Academics From The United States273392000s American Films18689Person17672