Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley:)

By: Meredith Mansfield

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Born and died:)

• She was born in 1818 in Dinwiddie, Virginia, United states.

• She died on May 26, 1907 in Washington, DC, United states.

Her Life:) • Elizabeth keckley was a former slave who was employed by first

lady, Mary Lincoln during the war to be a dressmaker for prominent women in Washington.

• She lived part of her life in north Carolina.• She was an important contributer to the great fight to free slaves.• She addressed the congregation of an African American church to

suggest that freed men and women unite to help the contrabands.• She became president of the newly created contraband Relief

Association of D.C. and raised large amounts of money. Including $200 from the first lady.

• Most people called her Lizzy. Or at least that is what most people called her.

Family:)

• She had her first and only son in 1841, son of Alexander McKenzie.

• She married James Keckley in 1850.• Her parents were named Agnes Hobbs and she was

married to George Pleasant Hobbs.

Why she was well known:)

• She was a dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln. • She organized the Wilberforce “dress reform” exhibit at

the Chicago World’s fair.• She moved into the national home for the relief of

destitute colored women and children.

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