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Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave in the White House-Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
February 9, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
$15
Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave
and Four in the White House
by Elizabeth Keckley
Join 19th-century bibliophile, Kate Howe, to discuss Elizabeth Keckley’s autobiography of her years as a dress designer and seamstress for Mary Todd Lincoln and other prominent Washington, D.C. women. After the publication of Behind the Scenes, Mary Todd Lincoln turned against Keckley, causing her to lose her prestigious clients. She died in poverty in 1907.
Sunday, February 9 at 1:30 pm
Cost: $15, free to anyone with 19144 zip code
Make reservations online at
https://ebenezermaxwellmansion.org/literary-parlor/
If you live in 19144 zip code, call 215-438-1861 for reservations