Eliza Potter was a freeborn black woman who as a hairdresser was in aposition to hear about receive confidences from and observe wealthy whitewomen. This autobi... » 

Eliza Potter was a freeborn black woman who as a hairdresser was in aposition to hear about receive confidences from and observe wealthy whitewomen. This autobiography presents her portrait as a wageearning woman proudof her work who earned high pay and accumulated quite a bit of money as one ofthe nations earliest beauticians. «