Image Title:
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907)

Note
"In Washington, D.C., Keckley built a successful dressmaking career becoming acquainted with Mary Lincoln, whom Keckley met on President Lincoln’s first day in office." [Blackpast.org] Learn More

To read her memoir Behind the Scenes: Or, Thirty Years as a Slave and Four Years in the White House in 1868 Click Here.

Note:
To see some of Ms Keckley creations for Mary Todd Lincoln  Click Here to View Video

Image Source:
Blackpast.org

Subject:
Sewing - Seamstress - America - Former Slave - civil activist - Author - Dressmaker - African American

Date:
1800s

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-SWG-9

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