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With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason - Ferris, Jeri Chase
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Born a slave in Georgia in 1818, Bridget "Biddy" Mason learned to survive in a harsh world. Taken from her parents as a young child, Biddy grew up to be self-reliant and hard-working. When she and her children finally found freedom in California in 1855, she turned her nursing skills into a successful career as a midwife. Even after she became a wealthy landowner in Los Angeles, Biddy never forgot her basic philosophy of sharing with others: "The open hand is blessed," she always said, "for it gives in abundance, even as it ...

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With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason 2002, Carolrhoda Books, Minneapolis

ISBN-13: 9780876148457

Trade paperback

With Open Hands: A Story about Biddy Mason 1998, Millbrook Press (Tm), Minneapolis

ISBN-13: 9781575053301

Hardcover