PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MARY WAS BORN IN LEXINGTON KENTUCKY ON DECEMBER 13 1818
WHILE THEY WE AT FORD THEATER WATCHING OUR AMERICAN FATHER
Did you know that while the civil war was still going on John Wilkes Booth planned to kidnap the president and would return him only if the north surrendered
He also rounded up a band of rouges and ruffians to kill the Vice President and the Secretary of State all at the same time Booth was the only one who was successful
On August first 1843 their first child Robert was born
Died: July 16, 1882, Springfield, IL
Height: 5' 2" (1.57 m)
Spouse: Abraham Lincoln (m. 1842–1865)
Children: Robert Todd Lincoln, William Wallace Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Edward Baker Lincoln
Her husband's assassination in 1865 shattered Mary Todd Lincoln. The next 17 years held nothing but sorrow. With her son "Tad" she traveled abroad in search of health, tortured by distorted ideas of her financial situation. After Tad died in 1871, she slipped into a world of illusion where poverty and murder pursued her.
Career
Appear at national conventions
Also assist the president at meetings
Would I want to be a First Lady I really don't know because you do so many cool things like going to other countries and living in the White House but also you have a lot of responsibilities so it is something I would really have to think about
What I learned about
Mary Todd Lincoln she didn't goto school and that women of the time period were expected to learn how to entertain guests
