Addie Rysinger

Mrs. A. W. Rysinger was the proprietor of Rysinger's Central Millinery Emporium in Austin, Texas from around 1900 to 1919. She sold custom dresses, hats, notions, and cosmetics.

Al and Addie Rysinger developed one of the early black owned businesses in Austin around the turn of the century. Stylish women began their fashion search downtown on East 6th Street at Rysinger's Central Millinery Emporium. Starting with only a bonnet and a few boxes, Mrs. Rysinger built a custom dressmaking department and carried a complete line of sewing goods. She made hair braids and hats to sell, along with hair preparations, rouge, and face powder.

Black Texas Women: 150 Years of Trial and Triumph by Ruthe Winegarten (1995)