A couple years ago, my Mother got a African American Women in History book 4 Xmas...I asked her if I could borrow it..she only replied.."Now you know I don't loan MY books out"...OK, .I did know...no problem.
Sundays we'd always hook-up and cook @ her house and I'd stretch out on the floor and get lost in this book...I mean it was like it had some power over me and i'd fall asleep reading this book. In school they teach you from a dam near hundred year old slave owners curiculum, that makes no sense in 2days world...oh so..waaaacckkk!
Most of the women I read about in this 1 book i'd never even heard
of and there were 100's of them...Well as I frequently state:
"The things I don't know about could create new UNIVERSES!!"...and it's true!!
One woman really stood out, I was laughing while reading her story,
and by the ending sentences,I was like yeah, ...
"THATS WHAT IM MADE FROM!!"...
she went by the name of "Stagecoach Mary"
Look I'm a Gansta' Girl...(from wayyy back..lol)
(see the meaning of Gangta' Girl below) so I've got much respect 4 women that independently get theirs..don't get me wrong, we will all need help @ different moments in lifes journey..but If led 2 the h2o..then, "WE" as "WOMEN".should have the capable mind, 2 quench our own dam thirst!
Her story is hilarious..but hellava!!
Stagecoach Mary was born a slave in Tennessee in 1832, this tall, powerfully built African American woman was ambitious, daring and liked a good fight. Mary was a pistol-packing, hard-drinking woman, who needed nobody to fight her battles for her.
When turned away from the mission because of her behavior, the nuns financed her in her own business. She opened a cafe. Mary's big heart drove her business into the ground several times because she would feed the hungry.
In 1895 she found a job that suited her, as a U.S. mail coach driver for the Cascade County
region of central Montana. She and her mule Moses, never missed a day, and it was in this capacity
that she earned her nickname of "Stagecoach", for her unfailing reliability.
One day, while on the job, Mary was involved in an insulting dispute with one of the handymen at the school, Mary was'nt taking no bullshit off of any man ever, so.. This situation escalated into a shootout, and Mary Fields was fired from her job. Mary went on to open a restaurant in Cascade, but this was a failure. Again, Mother Amadeus helped Mary to land work as a mail route courier with a route between the Mission School and the town of Cascade. For eight years, Mary drove her stagecoach on the mail route dressed as a man in a man's hat and coat because women were then not allowed 2 do
"Men's Work"
She also smoked a big cigar and everyone knew her as "Stagecoach Mary."
She was the 1st woman 2 work 4 Wells Fargo, DAYYUM!!
All I can hear is Tupac in te background saying..."OUTLAW!! OUTLAW!!" hahahahahaha
She had no formal education. She was the 1st woman 2 work 4 Wells Fargo, and 2 accomplish
this, she had 2 dress as a man because women were not allowed 2 work.....
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