Mary Lincoln
Significant Others
Mary Todd's Marriage to Abraham Lincoln
Mary Todd was the spoiled smart daughter of a rich southern man who, at 21, was getting dangerously close to spinster territory. She turned down multiple suitors on this premise, including Stephen A. Douglas,. The only person more ambitious for Lincoln's political life than himself was his wife.
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