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Originally posted by taxwonk
Mary Todd Lincoln had a severe psychological condition. Psychology and psychiatry being relatively new sciences at the time, and with her never having been in treatment, it is difficult to say what her disorder was with cetainty, but many historians speculate that she was either schizophrenic or bipolar.
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Well yes, they said they thought she was manic depressive. I guess maybe examples or something would have been good. Like ways she behaved oddly.
The one thing they did say was that she was suspected of cooking the White House books and stealing cash there. And after their second son died she made Abe attend a sceance in the White House.
They just did this lead-in with "He married a troubled woman." And then they never particularly backed that up.
It sounded pretty sad though. He lost his true love to illness and then married Mary Todd because she expected him to, despite being interested in someone else. Not a recipe for a happy marriage, probably.
