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Mary Todd Lincoln An elegant 1860s lady of fashion!

$27.00 USD
$27.00 USD
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Comes with a PlayBill and custom printed hair! Just the minifigure and playbill included!
The first President's wife to be called "First Lady," Mary Todd Lincoln was born into a wealthy and prosperous family in Lexington, Kentucky on December 13, 1818.  Politically ambitious, she zealously pursued higher education  and claimed she would one day become the wife of a future president.   As a member of the elite social class, she became adept in in all the social graces, a skill that would later serve her well.  She would become a staunch abolitionist undoubtedly inspired by her grandmother's work on the "Underground Railroad."

Pursued by many suitors, including Abraham Lincoln's rival, Stephen A. Douglas, she married Lincoln in 1842 and focused on raising her family and promoting Lincoln's political career which culminated in his ascendency to the Presidency in 1861.  Wanting to create an image of stability and prosperity, one of Mary's  first actions as First Lady was to redecorate the White House and spend an extravagant amount of money on clothing purchases.  In fact, her dressmaker, former slave Elizabeth Keckley, would become one of her closest friends.   High fashion of the day  included corsets, bonnets, bustles, petticoats and full skirts such as the one Mary dons in this Brickafig exclusive which also features her wearing a hat adorned with flowers, one of her favorite accessories. 

Although Mary tirelessly volunteered as a nurse in Union hospitals, advised her husband on all manner of issues, raised funds to help federal troops and recently freed slaves, she was not well-liked by the public which had nothing but disdain for her perceived reckless spending, overtly political behavior unbecoming a First Lady, and Southern heritage (her brother and three half-brothers all fought for the Confederacy).  She left the White House completely traumatized, suffering from a number of maladies including severe depression, and ultimately died in 1882.

Whether you need a companion for your Abraham Lincoln minifigure or an elegantly dressed woman ready for the next big ball, Brickafig has you covered.