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Contribution #170 of 365
Lillian Harris Dean — Pig Foot Mary
Food Entrepreneur and Real-Estate Investor
1900s–1920s
The contribution
How this work helped shape America
Dean turned a small New York food-vending operation into a profitable enterprise and invested her earnings in real estate, demonstrating how entrepreneurship could be converted into property ownership and long-term wealth.
