She helped in founding the Home for Destitute Women and Children and taught at Wilberforce University in Ohio. Besides, Keckley was also deeply committed to programs of racial improvement and protection. Lincoln was notable for its personal quality and intimacy. A must read for anyone who is interested in American History!Įlizabeth Keckley (1818-1907) was a former slave who became a successful dressmaker, civil rights activist, and author in Washington, DC.
Yet this book has survived all odds and has now become an important document on Anti-Slavery and the Lincolns. But in spite of Keckley's good intentions the publication of her life story spelled doom for her own career and her friendship with the Lincolns to an extent that all efforts were made to suppress and falsify it. Lincoln took it upon herself to provide financial support to her by writing this slave narrative. After the assassination of President Lincoln, Elizabeth Keckley the former slave turned confidant and dress maker of Mrs. Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (sometimes spelled Keckly February 1818 - May 1907) was a former slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist. "Behind the Scenes" (1868) is both a slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family of America, especially of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln.
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