"RuPaul's Drag Race" star Jinkx Monsoon will take on the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway play "Oh, Mary!" She made the announcement on the TODAY show.

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.

When Abraham Lincoln died in 1865, felled by an assassin’s bullet at the end of the Civil War, he left behind a considerable legacy. But Lincoln did not leave behind many descendants. In 1985, the ...

After 150 years, Mary Lincoln’s ‘madness’ still haunts American psyche In new book, Mrs. Lincoln’s own words offer insight into her sometimes tortured mind ...

Abraham Lincoln artifacts that were once in a museum are going up for auction The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction.

Escola gives the former first lady a wild second act in the Tony-nominated play Oh, Mary! "This play is about a woman with a dream that no one around her understands," Escola says.

At right, is a portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln, circa 1869. Courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum ...