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Bookmark or Share- Who Was Clara Brown? | C-SPAN ClassroomWho Was Clara Brown? Author Sharon McMahon discussed the life of formerly enslaved Clara Brown and her significance as a pioneer in Colorado.
- Meet the Former Slave Turned Real Estate Investor Who Owned Several ...Clara Brown was a pioneer, a community leader, a philanthropist, and the first African American woman to live in Denver, Colorado. At the age of 56-years old, she became a real estate investor who established a successful laundromat chain during the Colorado Gold Rush in the 1800s.
- “Aunt” Clara Brown - History of ColoradoClara was one of the first African-American women to reach the gold-mining towns of Colorado. Clara’s two most important goals were to make enough money to live independently and to find her family. She figured that accomplishing the first goal would help her with the second.
- Clara Brown - WikipediaClara Brown (1800–1885) was a former enslaved woman from Virginia and Kentucky who became a community leader and philanthropist. She helped formerly enslaved people become settled during Colorado's Gold Rush .
- Clara Brown - Colorado EncyclopediaClara Brown (c. 1803–85) was an ex-slave who became a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and humanitarian in Denver and Central City. She is said to be the first African American woman to have traveled West during the Colorado Gold Rush.
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