Willie Virginia Otey Kay (March 17, 1894 - Septemba 25, 1992) bụ onye America na-eme akwa uwe. A maara ya maka ime uwe agbamakwụkwọ na uwe debutante ruo ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ iri isii, na-aghọ otu n'ime ndị na-emepụta ihe na-achọsi ike maka uwe ụmụ nwanyị na North Carolina. Kay malitere ịzụ ahịa ejiji ya n'oge Jim Crow Era, na-enye ndị ahịa ojii na ndị ọcha. Ọ na-eji ejiji na-eto eto na -egosi ọha na eze na North Carolina Debutante Ball na-acha ọcha na Alfa Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball, na-agakarị bọọlụ dị ka ọbịa. Na 1935, McCall mere akụkọ banyere Kay na ọrụ ya. Na 1951, otu n'ime uwe mpụta mbụ nke Kay pụtara na mkpuchi nke Ndụ . E gosikwara ọrụ ya na News & Observer na, na 2016, North Carolina Museum of History gosipụtara ihe ngosi na ndụ ya. Kay bụ nne onye na-akwado ikike obodo June Kay Campbell na nne nne nke ndị ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị Ralph Campbell Jr. na Bill Campbell .

Willie Otey Kay
Kay in 1910
Born
Willie Virginia Otey

March 17, 1894
DiedTempleeti:Death-date and age
Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.
Resting placeNew Hope Cemetery
EducationShaw University
Occupationdressmaker
Spouse(s)John Walcott Kay (1915–1927; his death)
Children7 (including June Kay Campbell)
Parent(s)Henry Gaston Otey
Josephine Alston
RelativesBill Campbell (grandson)
Ralph Campbell Jr. (grandson)
Willie Otey Kay
mmádu
ụdịekerenwanyị Dezie
ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya17 Maachị 1894 Dezie
Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya25 Septemba 1992 Dezie
nwaJune Kay Campbell Dezie
ọrụ ọ na-arụonye mmebe ejiji Dezie
agbụrụNdi Afrika nke Amerika Dezie

Ndụ mbido

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A mụrụ Kay Willie Virginia Otey na Maachị 17, 1894, na Raleigh nye Henry Gaston Otey na Josephine Alston Otey. [1] Ọ bụ ọkpara n'ime ụmụaka asatọ wee tolite n'ụlọ ezinaụlọ dị na Cabarrus Street, na nso obodo Raleigh's African-American Business District . [2] Nna ya bụ onye ọchụnta ego a ma ama nke Africa-America nke nwere nnukwu ụlọ ahịa na-akpụ isi n'ime Yarborough House Hotel na Fayetteville Street . [3] [1] Ndị ahịa nna ya bụ ndị ọcha, na-abụkarị ndị isi ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị na azụmahịa na isi obodo steeti ahụ. N'ihi nke a, Kay tolitere na mpaghara ọha na eze na ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. [4]

Ọrụ

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Kay malitere ịrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-akpa uwe iji kwado ụmụ ya mgbe di ya nwụsịrị. [5] O hiwere ụlọ ahịa dị ka onye na-akwa akwa n’ụlọ ezinaụlọ ya, ka o wee na-arụ ọrụ na-elekọta ụmụ ya. Ndị ụmụnne ya nwanyị, Mildred Otey Taylor, Chloe Otey Jervay Laws, Josephine Otey Hayes, na Elizabeth Otey nyeere ya aka, ndị niile ghọrọ ndị na-eji ejiji na-aga nke ọma. [1] [3] Nna Kay kpọsara ndị ahịa ya n'ụlọ ahịa akpụ isi ahịa ya. [2] N’oge na-adịghị anya ka nke ahụ gasịrị, ndị nwunye na ụmụ nwanyị nke ezinaụlọ Raleigh malitere inye uwe. N'agbanyeghị agbụrụ agbụrụ na North Carolina n'oge Jim Crow Era, Kay haziri ọrụ maka ndị ahịa ojii na ndị ọcha. [6] [7] A maara ya maka ejiji ndị debutantes bụ ndị a ga-egosi na ma ọ bụ Alpha Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball na-acha ọcha ma ọ bụ North Carolina Debutante Ball na-acha ọcha ma nata tiketi iji gaa mmemme abụọ ahụ. [1] [4] Kay hazikwara uwe mwụda ndị mbụ maka ụmụ ụmụ ya. [8] A maara Kay ka emechaa gbanwee uwe debutante ka ọ bụrụ uwe agbamakwụkwọ maka ndị ahịa. [6] Ụfọdụ n'ime ndị ahịa ya a ma ama gụnyere ndị nwunye na ụmụ nwanyị nke North Carolina gọvanọ na ndị omebe iwu, na Suffragist Addie Worth Bagley Daniels, onye bụ nwunye nke onye na-ebipụta akwụkwọ akụkọ Josephus Daniels . [9] Kay mere uwe eji eme baptizim, uwe ndị mbụ, uwe oriri na ọṅụṅụ, uwe mgbede ụmụ nwanyị, uwe agbamakwụkwọ, uwe ndị ụkọchukwu, na uwe nwanyị na-alụ nwanyị ọhụrụ. [10]

Kay, dị ka ndị inyom ndị ọzọ nọ n'ezinụlọ ya, ejighị usoro azụmahịa. [3] Kama nke ahụ, ụzọ ịkwa ákwà ọ mụtara n'aka ndị ezinụlọ ya họọrọ ka usoro ọ gụrụ na Shaw. [1] Ọ na-ebu ụzọ kpụpụta uwe ya, wee mee muslin ma ọ bụ akwụkwọ emo maka ngwa ndị ahịa. [1] Ọ na-eji igwe ịkwa akwa Singer maka ịdụkọta ọnụ mana o ji aka mee nkọwapụta. Nwanne ya nwanyị, Lizzie, mepụtara ya lace appliqués na beadwork maka ya. [1] Ọ na-arụ ọrụ na silk, lace na satin. [6]

Na 1935, McCall mere akụkọ banyere Kay na ọrụ ya. [1] Na 1951, otu n'ime uwe mpụta mbụ nke Kay pụtara na mkpuchi nke Ndụ . [1] [11] E gosikwara ọrụ ya na News & Observer . [1]

Mgbe ọ na-aga Mahadum Shaw, Kay zutere John Walcott Kay, nwa akwụkwọ na Mahadum Leonard Medical School si Weldon . [1] [3] Ha lụrụ na St. Ambrose Episcopal Church na Raleigh na 1915 wee kwaga Wilmington, ebe di ya guzobere usoro ahụike ya na, yana ndị dibịa isii ndị ọzọ, guzobe Ụlọ Ọgwụ Obodo maka ndị ojii. [1]

Ndị Kay nwere ụmụ asaa: [1]

  • Josephine Jessie Kay (1916–1918)
  • Inez Otey Kay White (1918–1986)
  • Gloria Clementine Kay Greene (1919–2014)
  • Willie Virginia Kay (1921–1922)
  • Constance Taylor Kay Journigan Wilcox (1922–1981)
  • John Walcott Kay II (1923–1990)
  • June Elizabeth Kay Campbell (1925–2004)

Di Kay nwụrụ na March 6, 1927, mgbe a wachara ya ahụ iji gwọọ hernia afọ. [1] Mgbe di ya nwụsịrị, Kay kwagara ezinụlọ ya na Raleigh wee biri n'ụlọ ọ bụ nwata. [1] Ọ bụ onye Episcopalian na-efe ofufe, ma bụrụkwa onye parish na Ụka St. Ambrose. [1]

Nwa ya nwanyị nke ọdụdụ, June, lụrụ onye na-akwado ikike obodo Ralph Campbell Sr. Kay bụ nne nne nke Ralph Campbell Jr., bụ onye jere ozi dị ka North Carolina State Auditor, na nke Bill Campbell, onye jere ozi dị ka Mayor nke Atlanta . [10] Ụlọ ya ghọrọ ebe mgbaba maka ụmụ ụmụ ya mgbe egwu bọmbụ nke ndị na-emegide ọrụ ezinaụlọ ahụ na-arụ n'ihe egwu tinyere ụlọ ha n'ihe ize ndụ. [6]

Ihe nketa

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Na 2016, North Carolina Museum of History meghere ihe ngosi na Kay na ọrụ ya, nke aha ya bụ Willie Kay mere karịsịa maka gị . [12] Ihe ngosi ahụ gụnyere uwe Doris Doscher na-eyi maka agbamakwụkwọ nwa ya nwoke na Churchka Baptist mbụ na Raleigh ; uwe agbamakwụkwọ na mkpuchi maka Carolyn Dorcas Maynor; Uwe agbamakwụkwọ nke Carolyn Cheek Palmer yi na emesịa nke Cathryn Cheek Zevenhuizen, uwe mgbede maka mpụta Louise Wooten; uwe mgbede na akwa akwa nke ada Kay, June, yi na mpụta mbụ nke ada June, Mildred Campbell; na otu nwa nwa ya nwoke Ralph na-eme baptizim. [12] [13] Ihe ngosi ahụ sitere na Jenụwarị ruo Septemba. [3] A na-egosipụta ọtụtụ atụmatụ Kay na Mahadum St. Augustine dị na Raleigh na National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center na Ohio. [10] A na-arara windo enyo nwere ntụpọ na St. Ambrose Episcopal Church nye Kay. [1]

Ntụaka

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nwanyị na North Carolina. Kay malitere ịzụ ahịa ejiji ya n'oge Jim Crow Era, na-enye ndị ahịa ojii na ndị ọcha. Ọ na-eji ejiji na-eto eto na -egosi ọha na eze na North Carolina Debutante Ball na-acha ọcha na Alfa Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball, na-agakarị bọọlụ dị ka ọbịa. Na 1935, Mnwanyị na North Carolina. Kay malitere ịzụ ahịa ejiji ya n'oge Jim Crow Era, na-enye ndị ahịa ojii na ndị ọcha. Ọ na-eji ejiji na-eto eto na -egosi ọha na eze na North Carolina Debutante Ball na-acha ọcha na Alfa Kappa Alpha Debutante Ball, na-agakarị bọọlụ dị ka ọbịa. Na 1935, McCallcCall

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Woman Behind the Gowns: Exhibit Honors Raleigh Designer. The Pilot Newspaper (17 February 2016).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Exquisite gowns part of new exhibit - Restoration NewsMedia. Restoration NewsMedia - (January 6, 2016).
  4. 4.0 4.1 Museum exhibit highlights creations of African-American dressmaker. The Warren Record (13 January 2016).
  5. nancy.mclaughlin@greensboro.com (9 October 2021). Uncommon thread: Fashion designer Willie Kay was an artist. Cloth was 'her medium.'. Greensboro News and Record.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Woven of dignity: Black seamstress' legacy on display. The Salt Lake Tribune.
  7. A Dress Made Just For You. WUNC (July 15, 2016).
  8. Photograph of bride with parents. Made Especially for You. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08. Retrieved on 2024-06-06.
  9. Made Especially for You by Willie Kay - Interview with Eddie Campbell.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Observer. Handcrafted dresses earned creator fame. Wilmington Star-News.
  11. Sewing Dreams into Dresses - Willie Otey Kay | Shaw University. www.shawu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved on 2024-06-06.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Made Especially for You by Willie Kay at NC Museum of History.
  13. Originally made for Carolyn Cheek Palmer in 1955, Cathryn Cheek Zevenhuizen wore this dress to her wedding in 1957. On a European tour it was recommended by the two sisters' brother that they visit a place in Italy to purchase Venetian lace to make a veil for Palmer's impending wedding. The sisters were each given a beautiful handkerchief with the purchase. When they met with Kay to discuss the making of the wedding dress she recommended using a design from the lace as a beading motif on the front of the gown. She also suggested using the handkerchiefs around the neckline of the dress. Consequently, the has been worn again in seven other family weddings. Courtesy of Mrs. Cathryn Cheek Zevenhuizen. (August 26, 2016). Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved on June 6, 2024.