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Author:

Keckley, Elizabeth, author.

Title:

Behind the scenes : or, thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House / Elizabeth Keckley; introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Publisher:

Eno Publishers

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xix, 161 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Keckley, Elizabeth,--approximately 1818-1907.
Lincoln, Mary Todd,--1818-1882--Relations with African Americans.
Lincoln, Abraham--1809-1865--Relations with African Americans.
African American women--Biography.
Women slaves--United States--Biography.
Dressmakers--United States--Biography.
Slaves--United States--Biography.
Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161.)

Summary:

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 insider's perspective of the men who made Civil War politics and the women who influenced them.

ISBN:

0989609278
9780989609272

Locations:

GQPB641 -- Melbourne Public Library (Melbourne)

NWPC663 -- Nissen Public Library (Saint Ansgar)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)