Cartilini's Historical Role Models:
- Elizabeth "Lizzie" Keckley: (1818-1907)
Former Slave, Dressmaker, and Seamstress.
Birth Place: Hillsborough, North Carolina
Elizabeth Keckley was born into slavery. She became a dressmaker and a seamstress in Washington, D.C. After 30 years of being a slave she spent four years in the White House as a dressmaker for Mary Todd Lincoln. Keckley started a school for young black girls which taught them etiquette and sewing lessons. She was the founder of the first Black Contraband Relief Association and represented Wilberforce College in 1893 at the Colombian World's Exhibition in Chicago.
- Madam C.J. Walker: (1867-1919)
Daughter of Former Slaves, Self-made Entrepreneur, Social Activist, and Philanthropist.
Birth Place: Plantation of Delta, Louisiana
Madame C.J. Walker was the daughter of former slaves. She was born in Delta, Louisiana in 1867 on December 23rd as Sarah Breedlove. She gave birth to one daughter by the name of Lelia Walker on June 06, 1885. In 1890, Madam C.J. Walker began to lose most of her hair due to the suffrage of scalp ailment. Eventually she began to tamper with homemade remedies and hair products that were store bought. She later moved to Denver in 1905 as a sales representative. It was shortly after she became known as the founder of her own hair products called "Madam Walker's Wonderful Hair Grower".
- Rosa Louise Parks: (1913-2005)
Civil Rights Activist, Educator, Founder of Sewing Factory
Birth Place: Tuskegee, Alabama
Rosa Parks was born on February 4th, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. She became well educated in rural schools and private institutions. Before returning back to college to become a teacher her grandmother became ill and pasted away. She married her husband Raymond Parks on December 18, 1932. In 1955, Parks became well known to America as the "mother of the modern day civil rights movement" after refusing to give up her seat to a white male passenger on a bus ride home in Montgomery, Alabama. On December 1st, 1955 she was arrested in the city. This action caused the movement of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. She was truly a leader in her community and has greatly contributed to the transition of American Society. In addition to her efforts, Parks later moved to Detroit in 1959. Three years later together she and a friend opened a sewing shop on the west-side of Detroit.
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