Mary Todd Lincoln, manželka Abrahama Lincolna, bola živá a impulzívna žena, ktorá prežila šťastné aj tragické chvíle. Narodená do aristokratickej rodiny v Kentucky, stratila matku v mladom veku a neskôr sa presťahovala do Illinois, kde sa stretla s Lincolnom. Ich manželstvo bolo plné lásky, ale aj ťažkostí, najmä počas jeho prezidentského obdobia, keď čelila kritike a osobným tragédiám.
- Mary Todd Lincoln bola živá a impulzívna osobnosť.
- Stratila matku pred siedmymi rokmi a mala ťažké detstvo.
- S Abrahamom Lincolnom sa stretla v Springfield, Illinois, a po búrlivom zasnúbení sa vzali.
- Ich manželstvo bolo založené na láske, aj keď mali odlišné povahy a zázemie.
- Mary čelila mnohým ťažkostiam počas Lincolnovho prezidentského obdobia, vrátane kritiky a osobných tragédií.
As a girlhood companion remembered her, Mary Todd was vivacious and impulsive, with an interesting anglictina/great-personality/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: personality">personality--but "she now and then could not restrain a witty, sarcastic speech that cut deeper than she intended...." A young lawyer summed her up in 1840: "the very creature of excitement." All of these attributes marked her life, bringing her both happiness and tragedy. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, fyzika/sondy-pioneer/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: pioneer">pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as "desolate" although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private slovakia-s-education/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: education">education. Just 5 feet 2 inches at maturity, Mary had clear blue eyes, long lashes, light-brown hair with glints of bronze, and a lovely complexion. She danced gracefully, she loved finery, and her crisp intelligence polished the wiles of a Southern coquette. Nearly 21, she went to Springfield, Illinois, to live with her sister Mrs. Ninian Edwards. Here she met osobnosti-zivotopisy/abraham-lincoln-zivotopis/" class="wiki-link" title="Viac o: abraham lincoln">Abraham Lincoln--in his own words, "a poor nobody then." Three years later, after a stormy courtship and broken engagement, they were married. Though opposites in background and temperament, they were united by an enduring love--by Mary's confidence in her husband's ability and his gentle consideration of her excitable ways. Their years in Springfield brought hard work, a family of boys, and reduced circumstances to the pleasure-loving girl who had never felt responsibility before. Lincoln's single term in Congress, for 1847-1849, gave Mary and the boys a winter in Washington, but scant opportunity for social life. Finally her unwavering faith in her husband won ample justification with his election as President in 1860. Though her position fulfilled her high social ambitions, Mrs. Lincoln's years in the White House mingled misery with triumph. An orgy of spending stirred resentful comment. While civil war">the Civil War dragged on, Southerners scorned her as a traitor to her birth, and citizens loyal to the Union suspected her of treason. When she entertained, critics accused her of unpatriotic extravagance. When, utterly distraught, she curtailed her entertaining after her son Willie's death in 1862, they accused her of shirking her social duties.
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Aké bolo detstvo Mary Todd Lincoln?
Mary Todd Lincoln mala ťažké detstvo, stratila matku v mladom veku a opísala svoje detstvo ako 'desolátne', aj keď patrila do aristokratickej rodiny.
Kedy sa Mary Todd a Abraham Lincoln vzali?
Mary Todd a Abraham Lincoln sa vzali po búrlivom zasnúbení, tri roky po tom, čo sa stretli v Springfield.
Aké ťažkosti čelila Mary Todd Lincoln počas Lincolnovho prezidentského obdobia?
Mary čelila kritike za svoje výdavky a bola obviňovaná z nepatriotizmu, zatiaľ čo sa snažila vyrovnať s osobnými tragédiami, vrátane smrti svojho syna.