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| occupation = Business owner, historian
| occupation = Business owner, historian
| partner = John Howard
| partner = John Howard
| spouse = Paul E. Miller (1935–1974), married until his death<ref name="nyt 1974">{{cite journal|title=Prof. Paul E. Miller Dead; Ex‐Dean of Howard Law, 38|journal=[[The New York Times]]|page=38|date= July 16, 1974|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/16/archives/prof-paul-e-miller-dead-ex-dean-of-howard-law-38.html|accessdate= August 18, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| spouse = Paul E. Miller (1935–1974), married until his death<ref name="nyt 1974">{{cite journal|title=Prof. Paul E. Miller Dead; Ex‐Dean of Howard Law, 38|journal=[[The New York Times]]|page=38|date= July 16, 1974|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/07/16/archives/prof-paul-e-miller-dead-ex-dean-of-howard-law-38.html|access-date= August 18, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
| children = Paul "[[DJ Spooky]]",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beckman|first1=Rachel|title=From Hip-Hop's Paul D. Miller: New York City, Remixed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020603900.html|accessdate= August 18, 2017|work=The Washington Post|date= February 7, 2008}}</ref> Sabrina
| children = Paul "[[DJ Spooky]]",<ref>{{cite news|last1=Beckman|first1=Rachel|title=From Hip-Hop's Paul D. Miller: New York City, Remixed|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020603900.html|access-date= August 18, 2017|work=The Washington Post|date= February 7, 2008}}</ref> Sabrina
}}
}}


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==Biography==
==Biography==
Rosemary Reed Miller was born in [[Yeadon, Pennsylvania]], the daughter of Byron and Eloise Miller. She graduated from [[Temple University]]. She became a press reporter in [[Jamaica]] and [[Puerto Rico]]. She did freelance work for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[Washington Star]]'', Afro-American Newspapers, ''[[Miami Herald]]'', and the ''[[Amsterdam News]]''.<ref name="mcguire miller">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcguire-services.com/notices/Rosemary-Miller|title=Rosemary E. Reed Miller: Obituary|website=Mcguire-services.com|accessdate= June 28, 2018}}</ref>
Rosemary Reed Miller was born in [[Yeadon, Pennsylvania]], the daughter of Byron and Eloise Miller. She graduated from [[Temple University]]. She became a press reporter in [[Jamaica]] and [[Puerto Rico]]. She did freelance work for the ''[[Washington Post]]'', ''[[Washington Star]]'', Afro-American Newspapers, ''[[Miami Herald]]'', and the ''[[Amsterdam News]]''.<ref name="mcguire miller">{{cite web|url=https://www.mcguire-services.com/notices/Rosemary-Miller|title=Rosemary E. Reed Miller: Obituary|website=Mcguire-services.com|access-date= June 28, 2018}}</ref>


In the 1960s, Miller was an informational officer for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and part-time jewelry accessory designer.<ref name="books uHVbObYqv4YC">{{cite journal|last1=Graves|first1=Earl G.|authorlink=Earl G. Graves Sr.|title=Making It: The $190,000 Storefront|journal=Black Enterprise|date=August 1974|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHVbObYqv4YC&q=rosemary+reed+miller&pg=PA13|accessdate= August 18, 2017|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|language=en}}</ref>
In the 1960s, Miller was an informational officer for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and part-time jewelry accessory designer.<ref name="books uHVbObYqv4YC">{{cite journal|last1=Graves|first1=Earl G.|author-link=Earl G. Graves Sr.|title=Making It: The $190,000 Storefront|journal=Black Enterprise|date=August 1974|page=13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uHVbObYqv4YC&q=rosemary+reed+miller&pg=PA13|access-date= August 18, 2017|publisher=Earl G. Graves, Ltd.|language=en}}</ref>


In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and "to pay the bills", transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. The store featured emerging and established designers from around the world. According to Miller, "we felt it was important to show that talent had no limits – male, female, white and black."<ref name="books 0970971303">{{cite book|last1=Reed Miller|first1=Rosemary E|title=Threads of time: the fabric of history : profiles of African American dressmakers and designers, 1850–2002|date=2006|publisher=T & S Press|isbn=0970971303|oclc=172683699|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/threads-of-time-the-fabric-of-history-profiles-of-african-american-dressmakers-and-designers-1850-2002/oclc/172683699&referer=brief_results|accessdate= August 18, 2017|language=English}}</ref> Clients included singer [[Aretha Franklin]] and actress [[Heather Locklear]].<ref name="washpost AR2005080901628">{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|author2=Mark Chediak|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|accessdate= August 18, 2017|work=The Washington Post|date= August 10, 2005}}</ref>
In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and "to pay the bills", transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. The store featured emerging and established designers from around the world. According to Miller, "we felt it was important to show that talent had no limits – male, female, white and black."<ref name="books 0970971303">{{cite book|last1=Reed Miller|first1=Rosemary E|title=Threads of time: the fabric of history : profiles of African American dressmakers and designers, 1850–2002|date=2006|publisher=T & S Press|isbn=0970971303|oclc=172683699|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/threads-of-time-the-fabric-of-history-profiles-of-african-american-dressmakers-and-designers-1850-2002/oclc/172683699&referer=brief_results|access-date= August 18, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Clients included singer [[Aretha Franklin]] and actress [[Heather Locklear]].<ref name="washpost AR2005080901628">{{cite news|last1=Barbaro|first1=Michael|author2=Mark Chediak|title=Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080901628.html|access-date= August 18, 2017|work=The Washington Post|date= August 10, 2005}}</ref>


In August 1974, ''[[Black Enterprise Magazine]]'' profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales in 1973.<ref name="books uHVbObYqv4YC"/>
In August 1974, ''[[Black Enterprise Magazine]]'' profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales in 1973.<ref name="books uHVbObYqv4YC"/>


Through the years, Miller promoted designers through various community fashion shows. For example, in 1974, Miller participated in the [[National Council of Negro Women]]'s 8th annual fashion show. In 1979, Toast and Strawberries fashions were showcased before 500 quests at the D.C. chapter of the [[American War Mothers]] annual fundraising fashion show.<ref name="books WZADAAAAMBAJ">{{cite journal|last1=Granton|first1=E. Fannie|title=The Washington Scene|journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|page=40|date= May 23, 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZADAAAAMBAJ&q=rosemary+miller+toast+strawberries&pg=PA40|accessdate= August 18, 2017|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> Toast and Strawberries developed a program to educate others about the history of African-American women in dressmaking and designing and to demonstrate how the craft assisted as a venue for economic support and potential independence.<ref name="books 0970971303"/>
Through the years, Miller promoted designers through various community fashion shows. For example, in 1974, Miller participated in the [[National Council of Negro Women]]'s 8th annual fashion show. In 1979, Toast and Strawberries fashions were showcased before 500 quests at the D.C. chapter of the [[American War Mothers]] annual fundraising fashion show.<ref name="books WZADAAAAMBAJ">{{cite journal|last1=Granton|first1=E. Fannie|title=The Washington Scene|journal=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]|page=40|date= May 23, 1974|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZADAAAAMBAJ&q=rosemary+miller+toast+strawberries&pg=PA40|access-date= August 18, 2017|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref> Toast and Strawberries developed a program to educate others about the history of African-American women in dressmaking and designing and to demonstrate how the craft assisted as a venue for economic support and potential independence.<ref name="books 0970971303"/>


The boutique, which became a local landmark, closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.<ref name="washpost AR2005080901628"/> Miller died on August 2, 2017, in her home in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elasfar|first1=Dara|title=Rosemary Reed Miller, Washington boutique owner, dies at 78|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rosemary-reed-miller-washington-boutique-owner-dies-at-78her-boutique-toast-and-strawberries-made-her-a-dupont-circle-fixture-for-two-generations/2017/08/20/b30e57ba-8432-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html|accessdate= August 25, 2017|work=Washington Post|date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>
The boutique, which became a local landmark, closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.<ref name="washpost AR2005080901628"/> Miller died on August 2, 2017, in her home in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Elasfar|first1=Dara|title=Rosemary Reed Miller, Washington boutique owner, dies at 78|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/rosemary-reed-miller-washington-boutique-owner-dies-at-78her-boutique-toast-and-strawberries-made-her-a-dupont-circle-fixture-for-two-generations/2017/08/20/b30e57ba-8432-11e7-b359-15a3617c767b_story.html|access-date= August 25, 2017|work=Washington Post|date=August 20, 2017}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
*1981: "Small Business Person of the Year" for Washington, D.C. by the [[U.S. Small Business Administration]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=|first1=|title=People|journal=Jet Magazine|date= June 4, 1981|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLYDAAAAMBAJ&q=rosemary+reed+miller&pg=PA24|accessdate=August 18, 2017|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>
*1981: "Small Business Person of the Year" for Washington, D.C. by the [[U.S. Small Business Administration]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=People|journal=Jet Magazine|date= June 4, 1981|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zLYDAAAAMBAJ&q=rosemary+reed+miller&pg=PA24|access-date=August 18, 2017|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite web|title=The artist as entrepreneur / Rosemary E. Reed Miller ; interviewed by Elaine Heffernan. {{!}} Pacifica Radio Archives|url=http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/wz0194|website=www.pacificaradioarchives.org|accessdate=August 18, 2017}}
*{{cite web|title=The artist as entrepreneur / Rosemary E. Reed Miller ; interviewed by Elaine Heffernan. {{!}} Pacifica Radio Archives|url=http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org/recording/wz0194|website=www.pacificaradioarchives.org|access-date=August 18, 2017}}
*{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Michel|title=Wisdom Watch: Author Chronicles History of Black Designers|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14343918|website=NPR.org|accessdate= August 18, 2017}}
*{{cite web|last1=Martin|first1=Michel|title=Wisdom Watch: Author Chronicles History of Black Designers|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14343918|website=NPR.org|access-date= August 18, 2017}}


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Revision as of 15:31, 17 December 2020

Rosemary Reed Miller
Born
Rosemary Reed Miller

(1939-06-22)June 22, 1939
Yeadon, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedAugust 2, 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 78)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationTemple University
Occupation(s)Business owner, historian
Spouse(s)Paul E. Miller (1935–1974), married until his death[1]
PartnerJohn Howard
ChildrenPaul "DJ Spooky",[2] Sabrina

Rosemary Reed Miller (June 22, 1939 – August 2, 2017) was the owner of Toast and Strawberries, a landmark boutique in Washington, D.C. She was also a published author on African-American dressmakers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries.

Biography

Rosemary Reed Miller was born in Yeadon, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Byron and Eloise Miller. She graduated from Temple University. She became a press reporter in Jamaica and Puerto Rico. She did freelance work for the Washington Post, Washington Star, Afro-American Newspapers, Miami Herald, and the Amsterdam News.[3]

In the 1960s, Miller was an informational officer for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and part-time jewelry accessory designer.[4]

In 1967, Miller opened Toast and Strawberries as a wholesale showroom for various fashion and jewelry designers, and "to pay the bills", transformed the showroom to a retail boutique. The store featured emerging and established designers from around the world. According to Miller, "we felt it was important to show that talent had no limits – male, female, white and black."[5] Clients included singer Aretha Franklin and actress Heather Locklear.[6]

In August 1974, Black Enterprise Magazine profiled Miller in an issue focused on Black Women in Business and Public Life, noting that the D.C. retail operations had generated $190,000 in annual sales in 1973.[4]

Through the years, Miller promoted designers through various community fashion shows. For example, in 1974, Miller participated in the National Council of Negro Women's 8th annual fashion show. In 1979, Toast and Strawberries fashions were showcased before 500 quests at the D.C. chapter of the American War Mothers annual fundraising fashion show.[7] Toast and Strawberries developed a program to educate others about the history of African-American women in dressmaking and designing and to demonstrate how the craft assisted as a venue for economic support and potential independence.[5]

The boutique, which became a local landmark, closed in 2005, in part because of increasing rent.[6] Miller died on August 2, 2017, in her home in Washington D.C.[8]

Awards

Publications

Private life

She married the dean of Howard University School of Law Paul Miller, who died suddenly in 1974 at the age of 38.[3][1] She is the mother of musician and author Paul Miller, known professionally as DJ Spooky.

References

  1. ^ a b "Prof. Paul E. Miller Dead; Ex‐Dean of Howard Law, 38". The New York Times: 38. July 16, 1974. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  2. ^ Beckman, Rachel (February 7, 2008). "From Hip-Hop's Paul D. Miller: New York City, Remixed". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Rosemary E. Reed Miller: Obituary". Mcguire-services.com. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Graves, Earl G. (August 1974). "Making It: The $190,000 Storefront". Black Enterprise. Earl G. Graves, Ltd.: 13. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  5. ^ a b Reed Miller, Rosemary E (2006). Threads of time: the fabric of history : profiles of African American dressmakers and designers, 1850–2002. T & S Press. ISBN 0970971303. OCLC 172683699. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  6. ^ a b Barbaro, Michael; Mark Chediak (August 10, 2005). "Fixture of Dupont Retail to Close". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  7. ^ Granton, E. Fannie (May 23, 1974). "The Washington Scene". Jet. Johnson Publishing Company: 40. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  8. ^ Elasfar, Dara (August 20, 2017). "Rosemary Reed Miller, Washington boutique owner, dies at 78". Washington Post. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  9. ^ "People". Jet Magazine. Johnson Publishing Company: 24. June 4, 1981. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
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