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Pros
Mary todd lincoln is best known as the first lady of the united states from 1861 to 1865 while her husband abraham lincoln was president. This book does much to put a light on this rather exceptional woman. The one individual and the one group of indi... Read More
Cons
This ‘book’ is more of a pamphlet than a book! Grammar, sentence construction, informational choices; this is not scholarly at all. Halfway through the book there is a minecraft spoof excerpt.
Highlights
Quality
You helped me see the human side of her and helped me to sympathize with the struggles she faced her entire life.
It seems many, especially with the help of the news media, found it easier to label her crazy instead a comforting this poor wo... Read More
Packaging/appearance
She and her unique story are as fascinating today as she was in the 1860s.
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many, first and short. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 294 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 26 2022.
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It is sad that she was treated that way by the public and political circles
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Though short this was a view of mary todd lincolns life that debunks her as the crazy woman so many have portrayed her as
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It seems many especially with the help of the news media found it easier to label her crazy instead a comforting this poor woman who saw her husband murdered and three sons die from illness all because she didnt fit the role that society demanded of her
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She would not conform to the status quo of the time and was even instatunalized in a mental institution for her actions at the time
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The book had various moments of sadness that brought out that women of the period didn’t realize that the feelings of a nation is not a humanitarian and her son robert didn’t deserve the recognition he got as a lawyer and book confirmed that conflict mrs lincoln had wasn’t because of her personality it was more a social issues the book has its potential of showing a woman not belonging in 19 century but mrs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After reading this book it seems to me that mary lincoln was very unfairly judged as a person
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Although mary todd lincoln is generally disliked she is also misunderstood
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hourly history had it right when they said that if she had lived 100 years later history would have judged her very differently
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