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After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...
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Allen County Public Library hosting Lincoln events that take a look at mental health and the mystery behind Lincoln’s brain
A temporary exhibit examines Mary Todd Lincoln’s life and mental health, and a guest speaker will speak at the ACPL Main Branch on the mystery of the President’s brain. Behind the Curtain ...
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'She thought of herself as the Queen of America': Why Mary Todd Lincoln became the US's most vilified First Lady
Abraham Lincoln ... depicting Mary Todd Lincoln as a wannabe cabaret star (Credit: Getty Images) "Temperamentally they were very different," Emerson says. "And as she aged, her mental problems ...
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Mary Todd Lincoln, Thwarted Cabaret Star? That’s Cole Escola’s Take.
By Erik Piepenburg It’s hard to pin down the moment in “Oh, Mary!,” a comedy about Mary Todd ... Lincoln, and at times he turned on her. As she and the nation mourned his assassination, her ...
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After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche
After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and physical ailments. She died in 1882 at the age of 63. She is buried next ...