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Mary Fields

First African-American female Star Route stagecoach delivery driver the United States

PersonDied aged 82humanQ6003189

Also known as Stagecoach Mary · Black Mary

Born: March 15, 1832
, 1832
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2020-09-11
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Died: December 5, 1914
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannica OnlineRetrieved 2020-09-11
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, 1914
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1.Stated in Encyclopedia of the Great Plains
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Birthplace: Hickman County
Place of death: Great Falls
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: mail carrier

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Mary Fields, also known as Stagecoach Mary and Black Mary, was an American mail carrier who was the first Black woman to be employed as a star route postwoman in the United States.

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Sex or gender: female
Given name: Mary
Social classification: slave
Ethnic group: African Americans
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1.Stated in Notable Black American Women
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Family name: Fields
Cause of death: liver disease
Name in native language: Mary Fields
Manner of death: natural causes

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