Mary Todd Lincoln - ”The Least Liked First Lady of the United States of America”
Mary Todd Lincoln likely exists in your mind as merely "the wife of President Lincoln", but her story is so much richer, and packed full with a stunning amount of patriarchal injustice.
From her youth as a wealthy socialite, to the first lady spotlight, then a torrent of grievous tragedies which ultimately leads to her own son arranging a trial of "insanity", Mary's story is one wild ride. Listen now her the whole of it and decide for yourself whether you think that trial was necessary.
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