Go-Getters: Sarah Rector

Womanica

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History, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 920 Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Rector (1902-1967) was known as the richest Black girl in America. She was given allotted land by the United States government in Oklahoma, which happened to be rich in oil deposits. She became an oil magnate by age eleven and lived a life of (mostly) glamor.

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0:33.4	discusses the memoir she co-wrote with her mother, Lisa Marie Presley. But it's also such a gift to be able to sit here and say, as an adult woman, I had such a good mother.
0:43.7	Yes.
0:44.2	That is a gift.
0:45.0	I know.
0:45.7	You know, she certainly was not like a, I don't know what a perfect mother is.
0:49.3	Well, she wasn't a traditional mother.
0:50.5	She wasn't a traditional mother.
0:52.2	I am so grateful to have had her as a mother. To have that kind of love.
0:56.0	Find Dear Chelsea on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.4	Hello. From Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica.
1:15.6	This month we're talking about go-getters, women who purposefully or sometimes accidentally acquired life-changing wealth, good fortune, or influence.
1:22.5	An oil Derek looms over rugged land standing roughly 100 feet tall.
1:28.3	Its horse head bobs up and down, cranking oil out of the cracked earth.
1:33.3	Suddenly, the ground rumbles, spouting black liquid.
1:42.3	The owner of this land is not on site.
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