| LC control no. | n 85055360 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907 |
| Variant(s) | 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 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Baltimore (Md.) Washington (D.C.) Wilberforce (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1818-02 |
| Death date | 1907-05-26 |
| Place of birth | Dinwiddie Court-House (Va.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Wilberforce University |
| Profession or occupation | Teachers Dressmakers Authors |
| Special note | Includes the old catalog headings: Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs, 1824-1907; Keckley, Elizabeth, 1824-1907 |
| Found in | 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) 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) 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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