Something About Mary
Mary Todd Lincoln
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MARY TODD
KENTUCKY ARISTOCRAT
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
MARY WAS BORN INTO A WEALTHY FAMILY AND GREW UP IN A MANSION
MARY LEARNS THE CLASSICS
MARY WAS EDUCATED AT A FAMOUS BOARDING SCHOOL
IMPORTANT EVENTS IN MARY'S YOUTH:
- Mother - Eliza - died when Mary was 6.
- Father - Robert - remarried when Mary was 8.
- Mary had 9 step-siblings.
- Father almost always away on business.
- Mary started school at 9.
- Mary entered boarding school at 14.
- Moved into a mansion with 6 bedrooms!
SOMETHING ABOUT MARY'S APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY:
- Five feet, two inches tall
- Brown hair
- Small upturned nose
- Blue eyes
- Rosy complexion
- Known for "her temper and her tongue"
- Loved to be "in society and surrounded by a company of merry friends"
CRAZY HISTORICAL FACT:
MARY DATED STEPHEN DOUGLAS, TOO!
ABE MAKES A MOVE ON MARY
"MISS TODD, I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU IN THE WORST WAY."
ABE & MARY:
OPPOSITES ATTRACT
THEY WEREN'T COMPLETE OPPOSITES
- Both loved politics
- Both loved poetry
- Both loved long conversations
- Both loved learning
- Both valued intellect above beauty
