Mary Todd Lincoln Widow

“A Widow Forgotten”

Mary Todd Lincoln-Widow

 

Mrs. Lincoln’s life has come full circle as she returns to Springfield, Illinois to take up residence with her sister Elizabeth. She recalls the days of her girlhood in the genteel society of Lexington, Kentucky, her marriage to the gangly young lawyer, and eventually her rise to become the First Lady. After the murder of her husband, the President, Mary’s life unravels. She has lost not only her husband, but three of her four sons. Learn the true story of one our most misunderstood First Ladies.