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Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker - Community Reviews back

by Jennifer Chiaverini
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loribonesscaswell
loribonesscaswell rated it 12 years ago
This story tells of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Keckley. Lizzie, a slave who bought the way out of slavery for both herself and her son did so using her sewing talents. She went on to sew for some of the elite woman in Washington D.C. When Mrs. Lin...
loribonesscaswell
loribonesscaswell rated it 12 years ago
This story tells of the friendship between Mary Todd Lincoln and her seamstress, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Keckley. Lizzie, a slave who bought the way out of slavery for both herself and her son did so using her sewing talents. She went on to sew for some of the elite woman in Washington D.C. When Mrs. Lin...
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