Mary Todd Lincoln’s Signature Dessert Was Abe’s Favorite originally appeared on Parade. Not so long ago, if your mind pondered on Mary Todd Lincoln, you simply thought of her association with her ...

Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln standing with her husband Abraham Lincoln seated beside her on her proper left in an ornate chair with the Presidential Seal on the back, his arms resting on the armrests ...

One hundred and 30 years after her death, Mary Todd Lincoln will be retried for insanity. The former first lady was declared insane 10 years after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, when ...

Harvey Guillén is tossing his hat into the ring to be next in the revolving door of talented actors taking on the role of Mary Todd Lincoln, and we are absolutely all about it. There was zero ...

To tell Dorothy McClerren’s life story requires understanding she likes to tell other people’s life stories. For about a half hour Friday afternoon, McClerren, 96, portrayed Mary Todd Lincoln in her ...

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