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“My Needle Became My Salvation”

By MI Digital June 6, 2025June 6, 2025

By Melissa A. Winn Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly’s journey from slavery to prominence as Mary Todd Lincoln’s dressmaker is one of extraordinary resilience, skill, and determination. Ironically, wh

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