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On February 26, 2022 the DC Preservation League was joined by actress Gloria Reuben, White House Historical Association Historians Lina Mann and Sarah Fling, and author of "Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly," Jennifer Fleischner for a program celebrating Elizabeth Keckly.

Keckly was a seamstress, businesswoman, philanthropist, and author. Born enslaved in 1818, Keckly eventually moved to Washington, DC in 1860 with her son after purchasing their freedom a few years prior. Her dressmaking business gained a number of prominent clients with the most notable being Mary Lincoln, who would consider Keckly her closest confidante and friend.

While in the nation’s capital, Keckly also helped found organizations to assist formerly enslaved people, including the Contraband Relief Organization and the Home for Destitute Colored Women and Children. In 1868 she published her memoir "Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House."

Gloria Reuben's Website: https://gloriareuben.com/

White House Historical Association Website: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/
WHHA "Elizabeth Keckly's Neighborhood" StoryMap: https://bit.ly/35tteTB

"Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly" by Jennifer Fleischner: https://amzn.to/3MFmdQu