Full Bio: The Misunderstood Life of Mary Todd Lincoln

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 18

Mary Todd Lincoln has been one of the most despised First Ladies in American history, and the subject of the hit farcical play "Oh, Mary!" where she is portrayed as an aspiring cabaret star, and alcoholic. Biographer Lois Romano seeks to correct the record with her new biography An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial, and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln. Romano discusses the life and legacy of one our most misunderstood First Ladies. 

Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln in a long hoop skirt taken by Mathew Brady.

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