Behind the Scenes: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House 9780252070204

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Автор: Elizabeth Keckley
Название: Behind the Scenes: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House
ISBN: 9780252070204
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Биографии: общее жизнеописание

Военная история

Гендерные исследования: женщины

Исследования азиатских и африканских этнических групп

ISBN-10: 0252070208
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 344
Вес: 0.41 кг.
Дата издания: 2001-12-18
Язык: English
Размер: 216 x 140 x 23
Читательская аудитория: Professional & vocational
Основная тема: History of the Americas, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Подзаголовок: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to mrs. lincoln; or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the white house
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Born into slavery, Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (ca. 1824-1907) rose to a position of respect as a talented dressmaker and designer to the political elite of Washington, D.C., and a confidante of First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. In this unusual memoir, Keckley offers a rare, behind-the-scenes view of the formal and informal networks that African Americans established among themselves, as well as an insiders perspective of the men who made Civil War politics and the women who influenced them.

As an enslaved young woman, Keckley was moved to the rough frontier city of St. Louis, where she began working as a modiste, or dress designer. She eventually was able to buy her freedom and went to Washington, D.C., where she established herself as modiste to some of the wives and daughters of high-level politicians and officers. Before long, she was supplying not only beautiful clothing but also a sympathetic ear to Mary Todd Lincoln.

Keckleys descriptions of the Lincolns at home reveal touching, unguarded moments of laughter, discussion, and affection. She witnessed the grief of both parents at the death of their son Willie and Mary Todds prostration after the presidents assassination. In dire financial straits, Mary Todd turned to Keckley, who spent several months in New York helping the former First Lady sell her elegant clothing.

President of the Contraband Relief Association and a friend of Frederick Douglass and other prominent African-American leaders, Keckley emerges as a remarkable, resourceful, and principled woman who helped mediate between black and white communities. Frances Smith Fosters introduction traces the books reception history and fills in biographical gaps in the text.

Behind the Scenes: Formerly a slave, but more recently modiste, and friend to Mrs. Lincoln; or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House, Elizabeth Keckley