Mae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker

Author:	Rhuday-Perkovich, Olugbemisola Pippins, Andrea (Ilt)
Binding:	Hardcover Picture Books
List Price:	$18.99
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Additional Info
Overview

ISBN:	9780525645856
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Language:	English
Page Count:	48
Publication Date:	5/24/2022
Size:	11.25" l x 9.33" w x 0.79
Series:	N/A

Category	Subject
Children Nonfiction	Biography & Autobiography
Children Nonfiction	People & Places

Tip your hat to fashion designer and civil rights icon Mae Reeves in this picture book biography written in collaboration with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture!

Mae had a dream to make one-of-a-kind hats. But the path for a Black female designer was unclear, so Mae made a way, leaving her home in the segregated South to study at the Chicago School of Millinery.

Mae had the skills, but craved the independence to create her own styles. So Mae found a way. In Philadelphia, she became the first Black woman to own a business on South Street. Whether you were Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Marian Anderson or a lady from the neighborhood, Mae wanted you to look good and feel special in one of her original hats.

A mother, a successful entrepreneur, and a community advocate, Mae led the way.