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mary todd lincoln
Carl Sandburg co-wrote a 1932 biography of this woman, "Wife and Widow"
Trivia about mary todd lincoln
She once said that of all her sorrows, the death of her son Tad, at 18, hurt the most
She had 4 sons but only the oldest, Robert, lived to adulthood
This First Lady was committed to a mental hospital in 1875, 10 years after her husband's death
Known for her lavish spending in the White House in the 1860s, her account was closed for good in 1882
1861-1865
After 1st breaking the engagement, Lincoln went on to marry her
Too distraught, she did not attend the 1865 funeral of her assassinated husband
First lady who was the subject of Irving Stone's "Love Is Eternal"
In 1875, after 3 months in a mental institution, she was released in the custody of her sister in Springfield, Ill.
One of her early suitors was her husband's arch rival, Stephen A. Douglas
One of the other 3 people in the presidential box with Lincoln & Booth at the time of the attack
Sadly, she was declared insane on May 19, 1875 & tried to commit suicide that evening
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a presidential library.) In letters from 1840, she wrote both ways on the page to save paper & money; ironically, she was pilloried by the press for spending too much as First Lady
She's the only first lady whose first name was Mary
In 1875 this woman seen here was put in a sanitarium, but she was deemed sane a year later
What a shopper! In the 1860s she reportedly bought 300 pairs of gloves during one 4-month period
December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky
In 1861 she received a Tiffany seed-pearl jewelry set from her husband
Before marrying the future president, she dated his political rival Stephen Douglas
Sarah Bernhardt claims she once saved this extravagant first lady from falling to her death on a ship
This first lady born in Kentucky in 1818 could speak French fluently
She was 5 foot 2, eyes of blue, & a member of Kentucky's high society
Her feelings about thespians might have been improved when Sarah Bernhardt reportedly saved her life in 1880