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Why Historians Should Reevaluate Mary Todd Lincoln’s Oft-Misunderstood Grief
"History has not been kind to Mary Lincoln. The same accounts that valorize her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, tend to portray his wife as an erratic, scandalous overspender whose prolonged mourning drove her to so-called 'madness.'”
Complete 5-14-21 Smithsonian Magazine article:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...pJobID=2001271309&spReportId=MjAwMTI3MTMwOQS2
"History has not been kind to Mary Lincoln. The same accounts that valorize her husband, President Abraham Lincoln, tend to portray his wife as an erratic, scandalous overspender whose prolonged mourning drove her to so-called 'madness.'”
Complete 5-14-21 Smithsonian Magazine article:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...pJobID=2001271309&spReportId=MjAwMTI3MTMwOQS2