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Mary Lincoln Beckwith (August 22, 1898 – July 10, 1975) was a prominent descendant of Abraham Lincoln. Beckwith was the great-granddaughter and one of the last two confirmed descendants of Abraham Lincoln, along with her younger brother Robert .
Jean H. Baker, historian and biographer of Mary Todd Lincoln, describes the relationship between Lincoln and his wife as "bound together by three strong bonds—sex, parenting and politics". [26] In addition to the anti–Mary Todd bias of many historians, engendered by William Herndon's (Lincoln's law partner and early biographer) personal ...
There have been thousands of writings about Lincoln and Mary having this fractured marriage. People are fine writing about a heteronormative relationship, but when it comes to the possibility of ...
In 1842, he married Mary Todd Lincoln, who came from a well-to-do family. “There's no evidence that Mary Todd knew about Lincoln's intimacy, that carnal intimacy with Joshua Speed, but that was ...
Mary Lincoln for the Ages. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-08093-3675-3. Daniel Mark Epstein, The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage (Ballantine Books, 2008) King, C.J. Four Marys and a Jessie: The Story of the Lincoln Women (Hildene, 2015) McDermott, Stacy Pratt (2015). Mary Lincoln: Southern Girl, Northern ...
The documentary takes a close look at the life and loves of the 16th U.S. president
This is a partial list of notable people who were or are gay men, lesbian or bisexual. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example the general term "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid-20th century. A number of different classification schemes have ...
In the new documentary “Lover of Men: The Untold History of Abraham Lincoln,” director Shaun Peterson tackles decades’ worth of speculation about the sexual orientation of the towering 16th ...