Mattie Bell Castner was called “The Mother of Belt, Montana.” She was born into slavery in Newton, NC in 1848. She and her family moved to St. Louis after the Emancipation Proclamation for a fresh start. Castner worked as a nanny, domestic servant, and a hotel maid. Eager to expand her horizons, she moved to […]
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