MARY TODD LINCOLN

CHILDHOOD

• Born in Lexington Kentucky
• Her mother died
• Her father remarried
• Grandmother help aid runaway slaves
• Brothers fought for confederacy

HER ODD LIFE

• She was friends with Henry Clay
• Dated Stephen Douglas
• Married Lincoln

PSYCHIATRIC LIFE

• Put in ward because of her son
• She unsuccessfully committed suicide in the ward
• She was released and went to Europe
• Died in Illinois

LETTER TO HUSBAND

• Written to Lincoln
• Wrote about opinions on war
• Life at home and around her
• Money business