Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley callbox
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This file appears in: Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley: Dressmaker, 1818-1907
Women in History DowntownDC Callbox Tour: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley: Dressmaker, 1818-1907
Born into slavery in Virginia, Elizabeth Hobbs learned to sew from her mother. She became so skilled that her owners hired her out to other families, pocketing the money she earned. By 1855 she’d…