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Apr 13, 2018 · Mary Todd Lincoln Faced Public Humiliation After Her Husband’s Assassination. After President Lincoln's death, the First Lady's public grieving was seen as evidence that she was an...
For Lincoln, born on this day in 1818 as Mary Ann Todd, it has led many people to attempt to name a medical condition that might have explained her behavior. Even in her own lifetime, Lincoln was...
May 14, 2021 · (Known today as Mary Todd Lincoln, the first lady went by the name Mary Lincoln during her lifetime.) Instead of sidestepping this pain, a new exhibition at President Lincoln’s Cottage...
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Jun 1, 2021 · Mary Lincoln was not a great first lady. A compulsive shopper, she ran up huge debts that she tried to hide by falsifying bills and misappropriating federal funds.
- Amy S. Greenberg
Apr 3, 2014 · One of the most unpopular first ladies in American history, Mary Todd Lincoln was born into a prominent family in Lexington, Kentucky—a town her family had helped found—on December 13, 1818.
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Jul 16, 2016 · But Dr. John Sotos, a physician and medical historian, says the famously fiery first lady was not only misunderstood - but misdiagnosed. Sotos puts forth a new theory about Mary Todd Lincoln...
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Dec 16, 2009 · Mary Todd Lincoln was born December 13, 1818, in Lexington, Kentucky. She was the first lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865, while her husband Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th...
