2010 ![]() ![]() Hemings Lecture at the Keeler Tavern Museum The Keeler Tavern Museum and the Discovery Center Ms. Jacques will speak in the Garden House at the Keeler Tavern Museum, Edna Bolling Jacques is an 11th generation descendant of Pocahontas and a 6th generation descendant of Mary Hemings (1753-1834), Sally Hemings’ oldest sibling. Sally Hemings was the slave mistress of Thomas Jefferson Ms. Jacques is a member of the DAR. In 1960 she became the first minority to work for IBM in Philadelphia and in 1973 became the first woman marketing manager in Philadelphia for IBM’s Data Processing Division. She retired from IBM in 1993 as a Program Director of Standards. Ms. Jacques is a close friend of Annette Gordon-Reed, author of the award winning The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. For Colonial Week Application Form Click Here |
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