The Life of Doll: Women of Mount Vernon
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The Life of Doll: Women of Mount Vernon
Today we remember the life of Doll: mother of 5, grandmother of 14, and enslaved cook at Mount Vernon. Telling this story is Brenda Parker, our African American Interpretation and Special Project Coordinator at Mount Vernon.
Learn more at: www.mountvernon.org/women
*Correction*: The portrait is of Eleanor Parke Custis not Elizabeth Parke Custis.
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