Elizabeth Keckley

Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly; February 1818 – May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC, United States.^[1]

Elizabeth Keckley
Born	February 1818 Dinwiddie County Court House, Dinwiddie, Virginia
Died	May 1907 (aged 89) Washington, D.C.
Occupation	Seamstress & Author