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.
[3] In the 1960s, Miller was an informational officer for the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. and part-time jewelry accessory designer.
According to Miller, "we felt it was important to show that talent had no limits – male, female, white and black.
[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.
Daughter Sabrina Miller runs CARE Corozal Animal Rescue Experience in Belize, CA.