Eliza Potter
Eliza Potter (c. 1820–1893)[1] was an African-American hairdresser in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1859, she published her autobiography, A Hairdresser's Experience In High Life.[2]
Potter, a free black woman of mixed race, grew up in New York City. Upon marriage, she moved to Philadelphia and gave birth to two children. According to her memoir, she left her marital home to go "roving". She traveled widely, including in Europe, and learned her trade.[1] Potter's autobiography provides an intimate glimpse of the experiences of a mixed-race beautician at the hands of her white employers in Cincinnati. She also traveled widely and recorded the various social customs of New York City, Saratoga, Canada, Paris, and London.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Xiomara Santamarina, Biographical Information on Eliza Potter (1820?–1893) with A Hairdresser's Experience in High Life, The University of North Carolina Press, 2009
- ^ a b Olson, Debbie Clare (2006). "Potter, Eliza (1820-?)". In Elizabeth Ann Beaulieu (ed.). Writing African American Women: An Encyclopedia of Literature by and about Women of Color. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. pp. 724–5. ISBN 0-313-33197-9.
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