Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
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Name (Latin)
Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Other forms of name
Garland, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Garland, Lizzie, approximately 1818-1907
Garland, Lizzy, approximately 1818-1907
Keckley, Elizabeth, ca. 1818-1907
Keckley, Lizzie, approximately 1818-1907
Keckley, Lizzy, approximately 1818-1907
Keckly, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907
Keckly, Lizzie, approximately 1818-1907
Keckly, Lizzy, approximately 1818-1907
Date of birth
1818-02-01
Date of death
1907-05-01
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Dressmakers
Teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
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Sources of Information
- African American women, 1993:pages 303-305 (Elizabeth (Hobbs) Keckley, 1818-1907, born a slave in Dinwiddie Court-House, Virginia. Became a respected dressmaker and bought her and her son's freedom in 1855. Learned to read and write and moved to Baltimore in 1860. Taught dressmaking then moved to Washington, DC. She designed Mary Lincoln's inaugural ball gown and became her dressmaker. Founded the Contraband Relief Association for the assistance of freedmen and established a Home for Destitute Women and Children. Wrote or co-wrote "Behind the scenes: or, thirty years a slave and four years in the white house" which included letters to her from Mrs. Lincoln, which caused a scandal. She taught domestic science at Wilberforce University 1892-1893. Died on May 26, 1907 in Washington, DC. She is the subject of the novel, Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker by Jennifer Chiaverini.)
- Fleischner, J. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly, 2003:t.p. (Mrs. Keckly) p. 7 (consistently signed her full name as "Elizabeth Keckly," not "Keckley"; consistently signed her first name "Lizzy," not "Lizzie," as Mary Lincoln spelled it) p. 28-29 (Elizabeth Hobbs; b. Feb. 1818)
- Her Behind the scenes ... 1988:CIP t.p. (Elizabeth Keckley)
- LC data base, 4/28/87(hdg.: Keckley, Elizabeth (Hobbs) 1824-1907) LC manual cat. (usage: Elizabeth Keckley)
- Notification from pub., Walker & Co., 05-01-95(birth date for Keckley should be 1818 according to their sources and the NYPL Ref. Dept.)
- Behind the scenes, 1988:t.p. (Elizabeth Keckley) p. 56, etc. (Lizzy Keckley; Lizzie Garland; about 37 yrs. old on 11-13-1855)
- Notable American women, 1971:(Keckley, Elizabeth, c. 1818-May 26, 1907; dressmaker & confidante to Mrs. Lincoln; b. in Dinwiddie, Va. as a slave; free in 1855)