Mrs. Lincoln's Dressmaker: The Unlikely Friendship of Elizabeth Keckley and Mary Todd Lincoln
by Lynda Jones
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- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African American
Year Published 2009
Word Count 12,008
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 960L
- ATOS Reading Level: 7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 129586, 2 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Washington (D.C.)
- Female friendship
- Presidents' spouses--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Historical
- Dressmakers--Washington (D.C.)--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882--Relations with African Americans--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- African American women
- Washington (D.C.)--Race relations--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- African American women--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Keckley, Elizabeth, approximately 1818-1907--Juvenile literature
- Women slaves--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | United States
- Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs--19th century--Juvenile literature
- Lincoln, Mary Todd
- Women slaves
- Keckley, Elizabeth
- Dressmakers
- History
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882--Friends and associates--Juvenile literature
- Female friendship--United States--History--19th century--Juvenile literature
- United States
- 19th century
- Friends and associates
- Relations with African Americans
- Race relations
- Presidents' spouses
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- Our White House
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