Elizabeth Keckley
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Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley was an African-American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. She wrote an autobio
Keckley in 1870
Burwell School, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Hugh Alfred Garland (1805–1854)
Statue of Elizabeth Keckley included in the Virginia Women's Monument
Mary Todd Lincoln
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Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was First Lady of the United States from 1861 until the assassination of her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, in 1865.
Elizabeth Keckley
…May 1907) was an African-American seamstress, activist, and writer who lived in Washington, D.C. She was the personal dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. She wrote an autobiography. Elizabeth also started the Contraband Relief Association in August 1862, later called the Ladies’ Freedmen and Soldiers…
Lincoln in 1861
The Todd family home, now preserved as the Mary Todd Lincoln House at 578 West Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky
State historical marker at the Todd house, noting Mary's residence years (1832–1839)
Abraham Lincoln in 1846