"Behind the Scenes" is both a Slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family, especially Mary Todd Lincoln, and is considered controversial for breaking privacy about them.
Lincoln\'s Wardrobe in New York.
Lincoln Old Friends The Secret HiStory of Mrs.
Douglas and Mr.
Lincoln Leaves the White House The Origin of the Rivalry Between Mr.
Lincoln Willie Lincoln\'s Death-bed Washington in 1862-3 Candid Opinions Behind the Scenes The Second Inauguration The Assassination of President Lincoln Mrs.
Where I Was Born Girlhood and Its Sorrows How I Gained My Freedom In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis My Introduction to Mrs.
Lee.
Among them were Varina Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis; and Mary Anna Custis Lee, wife of Robert E.
She created an independent business in the capital based on clients who were the wives of the government elite.
She was best known as the personal modiste and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln, the First Lady.
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818 - 1907) was a former Slave who became a successful seamstress, civil activist, and author in Washington, DC.
It was also her claim as a businesswoman to be part of the new mixed-race, middle-class that was visible among the leadership of the Black community. "Behind the Scenes" is both a Slave narrative and a portrait of the First Family, especially Mary Todd Lincoln, and is considered controversial for breaking privacy about them
