Her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tragedy, as lincolns political partner, she also relished in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspans continuing series on first ladies influence and image. Tonight, as we look at Mary Todd Lincoln, we invite two of our academic advisers, our history advisors for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to rosalyn terborgpenn. She is a history Professor Emeritus at morgan state university. Richard norton smith, our other guest tonight and at our table again, is the director of five president ial libraries, including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield, illinois, and a president ial biographer. Thanks to both of you for being here. Mary todd lincoln is and this is a que
Born in 1818 in lexington, kentucky, mary todd grew up in a slaveholding family yet lived to her see her husband Abraham Lincoln issue the emancipation proclamation. A mother of four sons he witnessed the death of three of the four as well as her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tranlgly, as lincolns political partner, she also rely i should in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspan continuing series on first ladies influence and image. Tonight as we look at Mary Todd Lincoln, we invite two of our academic advisers for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to rosalynn toreberg penn. And Richard Norton smith, our guest and at our table is the director of five president ial libraries including the Abraham Linc
Teaching activities. She has presented her research at civil war roundtables and historic groups in california and across the nation, including the National Museum of civil war medicine. Her book takes a fresh look at the battle of newmarket for the emerging civil war series. Currently she is working on several Civil War Research projects, including the citizens and armies of Shenandoah Valley. As you heard last night she is a crucial part of our team. Provides a lot of the content, she edits our work, and she has a fulltime job and she lives in california. To sarah. Teful good morning. I want to say thank you to rob and dan for inviting me to share this presentation. Roomnd of had a back does newmarketow qualify as a lesserknown battle. We came to the conclusion that the battle of newmarket has name recognition. We will talk about that in a moment, but the campaign is not as well understood, and there are facets of the campaign we can dig deeper, and they qualify as lesserknown. I inv
David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the
David fisher. David has been studying u. S. President s for most of his adult life. He has lined the walls of his home. He tells me with his extensive collection of more than 1100 First Edition president ial biographies dating the founding of the republic. After graduating with distinction from stanford university, david has held a has career positions as radio sportscaster. A consultant, an executive in the federal government and as Risk Management expert. His leadership positions in government spanned the department of defense, the Government Accountability office and the Internal Revenue service. He currently resides with helene, his wife, in bethesda maryland. So please join me in welcoming david fisher. And thank you so much, pat, and great to be here, folks. Pleasant good evening to you i will be back here at wheatland. My wife and i actually had made the drive up a couple of years ago to see the home at the time we we brought our dog chester who is think three months old at the