| Summary: | Eleanor Helton and another Mobile woman pose inside the Mobile Public Library on May 11, 1961, beside one of the promotional signs for the Octavia Levert Toastmistress Club. The sign reads, "You . . . can make an adventure of living. Toastmistress can help you overcome timidity, expand your vocabulary, be a good conversationalist, evaluate what you hear and read, express your opinions with poise, cultivate resources within yourself, and make life exciting. Octavia Levert Toastmistress Club welcomes your inquiries. Help yourself to help yourself." Octavia Levert (1811-1877) had been a Mobile socialite of fame prior to the Civil War.
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