What is 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]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=From Slavery to the White House: The Extraordinary Life of Elizabeth Keckly|url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/from-slavery-to-the-white-house-the-extraordinary-life-of-elizabeth-keckly|access-date=2021-05-05|website=WHHA (en-US)|language=en}}</ref> {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Keckley | image = Elizabeth Keckley, 1861.png | birth_date = February 1818 Dinwiddie County Court House, Dinwiddie, Virginia | death_date = May 1907 (aged 89) Washington, D.C. | occupation = Seamstress & Author }} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Keckley, Elizabeth}} [[Category:African-American people]] [[Category:19th-century American people]] [[Category:1818 births]] [[Category:1907 deaths]] {{bio-stub}}