A Moment in Kentucky History: Mary Todd Lincoln

WEKU | By wendy barnett

Published September 12, 2019 at 6:00 AM EDT

Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Mary Todd Lincoln.

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