The cover of 'Nance: A Girl of Color and Her Lawyer Abraham Lincoln,' a new book by Kevin Orlin Johnson. It details the case ...

Abraham Lincoln argued Nance Legins-Costley's case before the Illinois Supreme Court. Indentured servitude, the equivalency of slavery, was allowed in Illinois. Legins-Costley lived for many years ...

Abraham Lincoln's wife Mary Todd Lincoln's lavish White House spending ... including addictions to booze and pills. When they married, she was a divorced ex-dancer and no Mother of the Year ...

Telfer posted several pics on Instagram, writing, “Had the most fantastic time at @lajollaplayhouse celebrating the opening night of THREE SUMMERS ...

From Ava Gardner to Zelda Fitzgerald, here are the stories of 8 renowned Southern women whose homes you can visit, or at ...

This lesson compares the experiences, roles, and legacies of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis, the wives of the Civil War era presidents. The lesson, which features historian Kelly Hancock speaking ...

Here, the two discuss Mrs. Lincoln’s second most eventful experience at the theater. Courtesy Sam Pinkleton Betty Gilpin, who’s currently playing Mary Todd Lincoln in the Broadway hit Oh ...

It was a starry affair at Oh, Mary! The hit Broadway musical welcomed Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein in the audience on Saturday, March 8. Lopez, 55, and Goldstein ...

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