The trials of Mary Lincoln are presented in a new book by Lois Romano

Mary Todd Lincoln had a difficult life. She lost three sons during her lifetime and saw her husband assassinated right next to her in Ford’s Theater. Her 17 years of widowhood were exceedingly trying for Mrs. Lincoln – she had to fight to get a widow’s pension, endured an insanity trial brought by her eldest son Robert Todd Lincoln and was committed for a time to an insane asylum, fell into poverty and faced public scorn right up until her death in 1882. Her story has been told most often by unsympathetic men. Veteran journalist Lois Romano takes a deep dive into Mary’s long, difficult years of widowhood to present a more fully contextualized view in An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment, Trial and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln.

Join the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia on Tuesday May 12 at 6 p.m. eastern time as Romano discusses her…