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Elizabeth Draper Mitchell, mother of Maggie Lena Walker on porch of the Walker home

Elizabeth Draper Mitchell, mother of Maggie Lena Walker on porch of the Walker home

Elizabeth Draper Mitchell (1848-1922), mother of Maggie Lena Walker. She became pregnant with Maggie Lena Walker while still enslaved by Eccles Max Cuthbert, a white Irishman, journalist, and Confederate soldier, giving birth to Walker in 1864 before the end of the Civil War. She later married William Henry Mitchell (1840-1876). She lived with Walker in her later years, as shown in this image.

Content Location: 110 1/2 Leigh Street, Richmond, VA
Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Richmond city, Virginia
Latitude: 37.5472984313965, Longitude: -77.4366989135742

Circa 1916-1922

4.25 x 3.25 IN

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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, Code: MAWA

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Photographs(Maggie L. Walker Papers)
Richmond (Va.)--History(Library of Congress Subject Headings)
Walker, Maggie Lena, 1867-1934(Library of Congress Subject Headings)
African American women--Virginia--Richmond(Library of Congress Subject Headings)
African Americans--Virginia--Richmond(Library of Congress Subject Headings)

Maggie L. Walker Papers

Title: MAWA History
URL: https://www.nps.gov/mawa/learn/historyculture/upload/MAWA-ARCHIV-FindingAid-2016-MLW-Family-Papers-Final.pdf

Person: Ethan Bullard
Organization: US National Park Service
Role: Curator
Address: Richmond Natl. Battlefield Park and Maggie Walker NHS, 3215 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23223
Email: MAWAcurator@nps.gov

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Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site