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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 18 > She was first to be called first lady

She was first to be called first lady

Mrs. Lincoln a stirring retelling of presidents wife

By Carl Hartman / The Bulletin
January 18, 2009

“Mrs. Lincoln: A Life” by Catherine Clinton (Harper, 415 pgs., $26.99)

Mary Anne Todd was a petite version of the Southern belle: 5 feet tall, lively, well-educated, daughter of a prosperous slave-holding Kentucky family; perhaps a bit overripe for marriage at almost 24.

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