Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship
- Written by Reneé S. Anderson, Collections Manager, Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Mae Reeves and her husband, Joel, pose with her hats at Mae's Millinery in Philadelphia, circa 1953.
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture/Gift from Mae Reeves and her children Donna Limerick and William Mincey Jr.Lula “Mae” Reeves, one of the first Black women in Philly to own her own...
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