Despite the social constraints of the time, Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, played an important role in her husband’s political career, and Joe Coleman, a curator at the Mary Todd ...

Not so long ago, if your mind pondered on Mary Todd Lincoln, you simply thought of her association with her famous husband, Abraham, the 16th President of the United States.

‘Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln’ (ca. 1864) by Pierre Morand. Photo: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Mark Gulezian(Photo) Mrs. Abraham Lincoln ...

Mary Todd Lincoln House at 578 West Main Street in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, was the family home of Mary Todd, the future first lady and wife of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. The house was ...

Was Abraham Lincoln gay? The question, not a new one, is delicately and touchingly presented in “Courting Mr. Lincoln,” a work of historical fiction in which the husband-hunting Mary Todd ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Abraham Lincoln is still known 130 years after his death as Honest Abe, but a new book about the 16th president suggests he had to do the honorable thing and marry Mary Todd ...

Richard Norton Smith talked about President Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. This was part of an eight-day President Abraham Lincoln bicentennial tour that Mr. Smith was leading through ...

Executive Director Gwen Thompson gave a tour of the house in which first lady Mary Todd Lincoln was raised. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1818, Mary Todd Lincoln was the fourth of sixteen children.