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  • 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.

Mae Reeves used showstopping hats to fuel voter engagement and Black entrepreneurship

Reneé S. Anderson, Smithsonian Institution

Mae Reeves was the creative and business force behind Mae’s Millinery, a pioneering boutique near the corner of 60th and Market streets in Philadelphia.

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