First Ladies of the USA 3/6: Keeping it Civil (1861-1893)

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History Tea Time with Lindsay Holiday

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When the United States elects a new president, they are often also voting for their spouse. But 11 first ladies were not the wives but the daughters, sisters, or other relatives of the commander in chief. The unelected, unpaid white house hostesses have the considerable duty of smoothing the way for diplomacy, preserving white house history, and influencing the nation as fashion icons, social activists and arbitrates of change. Some have had major influence on policy in a nation where women are still underrepresented in government. In this 6 part series we'll meet the 53 fascinating women who have served as first lady of the United States of America and see how the role has evolved over the past 250 years.
First Ladies of the USA 3/6: Keeping it Civil (1861-1893)
Mary Todd Lincoln
Eliza Johnson
Julia Grant
Lucy Hayes
Lucretia Garfield
Mary McElroy
Rose Cleveland
Frances Cleveland
Caroline Harrison
Mary Harrison McKee
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@areiaaphrodite Жыл бұрын

I like how Ulysses Grant won over his future wife by making a little yellow coffin for her dead canary and convinced some soldiers to help him perform a funeral for it. Rather morbid yet...still very sweet. Nice touch, Mr. President 😏

@Nikki-tx6kh Жыл бұрын

I know, it's weird, but kinda sweet. And he showed her that he cared deeply for her feelings, even if it was just for the dead bird. I would probably marry him too after that.

@vbrown6445 Жыл бұрын

@@Nikki-tx6kh The fact that he also loved her enough that he didn't care about her crossed eyes, and discouraged her from doing a (surely risky) eye surgery to attempt to correct them, was also very sweet.

@areiaaphrodite Жыл бұрын

I agree with both of you ❤️

@dssouza1982 Жыл бұрын

Poor 🦜🥺

@Lisa59 Жыл бұрын

I understand completely. When I was a kid we had a yellow parakeet we loved. When she died, we buried her in a special place on our property. Many decades later we still remember this bird fondly.

@Itzduhhistorygirl Жыл бұрын

Wow I actually feel bad for Mary Lincoln imagine having a sweet moment with your husband and he gets shot in the head 5 minutes later 😭😭😭

@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын

Surely they had lots of sweet moments - and much better that than a blazing row or something.

@candicehoneycutt4318 Жыл бұрын

@@lilymarinovic1644 Their letters to each other are really cute lmao

@candicehoneycutt4318 Жыл бұрын

Shortly before the assassination, they talked about traveling, or so some of the stories say. He wanted to to see Israel.

@PrincessQ-fj9ly Жыл бұрын

It must be incredibly painful to lose your husband to a murderer. Public figure or private citizen.

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

@@PrincessQ-fj9ly Annnnddd they just had a similar situation over in Japan. RIP to former PM Shinzo Abe and my sympathies to his family.

@ladymallowyt Жыл бұрын

Mary Lincoln lived a sad life. So much grief and then her only living son not talking to her. She was a strong lady to have gone through all that

@MusicandDancing4Ever Жыл бұрын

Sad life in luxury. 🙄 The real sad lives were the slaves her family owned.

@amaalburhan536 Жыл бұрын

@@MusicandDancing4Ever yet, she believed it was wrong. Two things can be sad at the same time. She was more abolitionist than her husband. Mary todd Lincoln lived a devastating life and it’s okay to acknowledge it.

@bitch8205 Жыл бұрын

@@MusicandDancing4Ever Thank God it's not a competition of who has it worse

@RandomVidsforthought Жыл бұрын

@@MusicandDancing4Ever Whataboutism

@darlalove Жыл бұрын

She had a mental illness, I believe she suffered from depression and schizophrenia.

@areiaaphrodite Жыл бұрын

.... I don't think that Grover marrying Frank was what her father had in mind, on his death bed, when he asked Grover to take of his little girl... Ugh, ick...

@arualblues_zero Жыл бұрын

That story creeped me out, like "I bought your cradle, now would you marry me?" 🤮

@niam9401 Жыл бұрын

So is no one going to talk about the grooming from Grover Cleveland?

@arualblues_zero Жыл бұрын

I had to pause right there and check the comments... big yikes???? 🤢

@kimberlygilbert332 Жыл бұрын

Right!

@est9949 Жыл бұрын

And of course his indoctrinated young wife grew up to become a far right who opposed women's suffrage and saying women aren't intelligent enough 🤢 cringe and more cringe

@haileyharmon5298 Жыл бұрын

It sets of so many red flags, I swear.

@nataliestankovic2614 Жыл бұрын

Did you know that Lucy Hayes was also a big supporter of prohibition. She would not serve alcohol at the White House and instead would serve lemonade. That's how she earned her nickname. "Lemonade Lucy."

@vbrown6445 Жыл бұрын

Lucy Hayes was one of my favorites from this list. Loved all the causes she was passionate about (although prohibition was always doomed), and I particularly like how very present (looking directly at the viewer with a very engaged and amused expression) she looks in her portraits. It's a shame she died so young and that she lost all her children young as well.

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

I knew that one. She would have been mad at me then... I need my 🍹& mimosas..

@mykoniichistorychannel Жыл бұрын

I did!

@TrocaTheNero Жыл бұрын

Though that nickname was not used while she was alive, rather it became a thing after her death.

@TVandManga Жыл бұрын

Lucy Hayes sounds great. Grover Cleveland was throwing up flags of every shade of red!

@barbarak2836 Жыл бұрын

I really like Lucy Hayes, too!

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

I've noticed that many of the best First Ladies tend to have a very feisty personality (Abigail Adams, Mary Lincoln, Julia Grant, Lucy Hayes, etc.).

@Nikki-tx6kh Жыл бұрын

The one who married his Dad's friend who bought her a carriage as a baby- Eww, Jesus, gross.

@thelanktheist2626 Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry the bird funeral was so wholesome 😭

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

Grover Cleveland married his ward (possibly goddaughter)... That's very creepy...

@novemBURRbby Жыл бұрын

I was looking for this exact comment.

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

@@novemBURRbby I had to say it & I'm cringing. Then her Mom wanted Grover Cleveland but Cleveland wanted his goddaughter. YUCK!!!! And she wanted his old butt too... Smh...

@Chshirecat13 Жыл бұрын

Just imagine the conversations people might have had "They look so happy I wonder what the first gift between them was?" "He gave the bride her first baby carrige. No not for their own children for...her". Just ugh

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

@@Chshirecat13 Lmbo... He gave her piggyback rides when she was a kid. He helped her with her homework & took her on field trips to the zoo. He signed her permission slips when she was a kid.

@twilight-princess240 Жыл бұрын

One of the biggest examples of Wife Husbandry out there in real life. There were rumors that he would marry Frances' mother, but nope, he married Frances herself. Apparently he once said to a reporter who asked him why he wasn't married yet, "I'm just waiting for my wife to grow up." which is the page quote for Wife Husbandry on TV Tropes. We don't know for sure if he actually said that or not, but seeing as Frances was a generation younger than him, we can say that later events eventually proved that quote.

@areiaaphrodite Жыл бұрын

Mary Todd Lincoln definitely is one of the most tragic examples of US First Ladies.

@piratesswoop725 Жыл бұрын

She, Ida McKinley and Jane Pierce experienced so much loss with just their children alone, and Ida and Mary losing their husbands tragically too.

@mzsxysmrts Жыл бұрын

I cried for Mary. All that grief? The fact she was even able to function at all is a testament to her strength cause I would’ve just curled into a ball & gave up

@paulhunter6742 Жыл бұрын

I think actress, Mary Tyler Moore, performed the role of Mary Todd Lincoln in a TV miniseries in 1970s or early 80s. She was marvelous especially at capturing Mary Todd's volatile mood swings.

@areiaaphrodite Жыл бұрын

@@paulhunter6742 Sally Fields did an amazing job at portraying her in the Lincoln movie as well!

@diamondtiara84 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe someone told Mary she was lucky she was with her son when he died (comparing her to mothers whose sons were killed in the war); sure, real lucky, to lose her 11-year-old son, who had nothing to do with the war. People can be so crummy.

@agatha6999 Жыл бұрын

I mean to an extent she was because most mothers never got to see their sons again from the war but yes that was still very cold

@mykoniichistorychannel Жыл бұрын

Better than what Queen Victoria told her daughter when she lost a child. That it didn't compare to losing a husband since the child wasn't alive as long or something to that effect.

@agatha6999 Жыл бұрын

MYKONIIC HISTORY CHANNEL Yeah she said losing a child isnt as tragic as losing a husband and that her daughter should get over her grief as if she didnt spend 40 years mourning Albert

@vampiregamingyt8754 Жыл бұрын

And most of those sons volunteered to fight

@ButtonsCasey Жыл бұрын

@@vampiregamingyt8754 No a lot didn't but keep thinking they did.

@brettlarch8050 Жыл бұрын

QUEE VICTORIA’S LETTER TO MRS LINCOLN: Thought a stranger to you, cannot remain silent w[?] so terrible a calamity has fallen upon you and your country; and must personally express my deep and heartfelt sympathy wi[?] you under shocking circumstances of your present- dreadful misfortune. No one can better appreciate, than I can, who am myself utterly broken hearted by the loss of my own beloved husband, who was the light of my life, my stay, my all, -what your own sufferings must be, and I earnestly pray that you may be supported by Him, to whom alone the sorely stricken can look for comfort in their hour of heavy afflication. With the renewed expression of true sympathy, I remain, dear Madam, Your sincere friend, Victoria

@lucypreece7581 Жыл бұрын

Queen Elizabeth II sent a similar letter of condolence to Jackie Kennedy. It was portrayed in The Crown

@brettlarch8050 Жыл бұрын

@@lucypreece7581 And she had bells tolled in his honor.

@thunderbird1921 Жыл бұрын

That is a truly beautiful letter.

@Jason.cbr1000rr Жыл бұрын

@@thunderbird1921 really? I thought letter's are advising you to pay your bills on time or face enforcement/warrants.... thats all the letters i get lol

@erikaleonard2848 Жыл бұрын

Hearing how Grant had his future wife wear his class ring as a symbol of their engagement made me remember that my cousin's husband also went to west point and graduated and when my cousin graduated high school he gave her a replica of his west point class ring as her engagement ring and it's really pretty. Now I see where this idea came from of the class ring turning into the engagement ring. Very sentimental 😊

@brettlarch8050 Жыл бұрын

I always wondered which First Lady queen Victoria had a conversation with and something in common with the most. Mary Todd Lincoln makes sense.

@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын

Can't help but think that Mary Lincoln would have been the one as well. They had a fair bit in common

@ButtonsCasey Жыл бұрын

The death of President Garfield in 1881 moved the Queen, who never ceased mourning the loss of her own husband. On September 25, 1881, the day before President Garfield’s massive funeral in Cleveland, Queen Victoria wrote a letter to Lucretia Garfield. “I have anxiously watched,” she wrote, “the long, and fear at times, painful sufferings of your valiant husband and shared in the fluctuations between hope and fear, the former of which decreased about two months ago, and greatly to preponderate over the latter- and above all I fell in deeply for you!” As a gesture of her deep sorrow for Mrs. Garfield and the people of the United States, the Queen sent a large wreath of white tuberose to the funeral. The wreath was placed on the President’s casket as his body lay in state in Washington, D.C. and during his funeral in Cleveland.

@ButtonsCasey Жыл бұрын

It seems Victoria spoke to more than one, well sent condolences and used the occasion to have self pity over her own loss.

@lukeoane7760 Жыл бұрын

I feel so bad for Mary Todd Lincoln. Her life was full of grief and hardship a few of her children, parents, and spouse all died which she had to take in. I hope she is resting in peace.

@joshuabennett9847 Жыл бұрын

The fact you called Abraham Lincoln Franklin Pierce got me, haha.

@camelscrafts Жыл бұрын

You’re doing a great thing for women by making these

@jencookie2920 Жыл бұрын

Mary Lincoln gets such a bad rep, but she was really trying her best to stay strong through all the tragedies she went through. Losing her son and being treated coldly for it, losing her husband, it was all too much for any person.

@bitch8205 Жыл бұрын

Why does she get a bad rep? I never learned about her prior to this video

@candicehoneycutt4318 Жыл бұрын

@@bitch8205 She had some mental health issues and was unfortunately the victim of fake news and some bad financial advice. She was given an allowance to redecorate the White House and while she did overspend a bit, most of the money that went missing was the fault of someone on Mr.Lincoln's cabinet. He was the one who blew through the money like he had a coke problem and he blamed her for her it. People at the time thought she was a southern sympathizer and she wasn't. Most people now only remember Mary for 'being crazy'. She was a very sweet lady who didn't get the help she needed, and who was given too much of a medicine dose by a doctor which is part of what caused her to go off the rails in her later years. Nobody ever talks about Mary's good qualities or how she'd sincerely apologize after her outbursts.

@thelanktheist2626 Жыл бұрын

@@bitch8205 It was more so back then than now. So many young people died in battle so the outpouring of grief for their lost son was seen as out of touch and crude. Of course, this was misguided.

@tana3875 Жыл бұрын

@@bitch8205late comment but she often got a bad rep due to her mental health. She was viewed as crazy and at the time some even said she was a spy because she grew up in the south.

@torih230 Жыл бұрын

Grover Cleveland? More like Groomer Cleveland. What a creep

@Spongebrain97 Жыл бұрын

Id say the best portrayal of a first lady on film was by Sally Field who played Mary Todd Lincoln in the film, Lincoln (2012)

@vintagechaos3196 Жыл бұрын

Can you do a series on real life gilded age ladies (not fictional characters from the series) like The Vanderbilts or the Astors

@chrismetafora6565 Жыл бұрын

Go to Newport, RI and see their summer places if you want to learn about them.

@summeroflove394 Жыл бұрын

@@chrismetafora6565 because it’s so easy for anyone to travel all the way to Newport and RI

@vintagechaos3196 Жыл бұрын

I already know about them I just want to learn EVERYTHING

@lauravalentine9488 Жыл бұрын

@@chrismetafora6565 Not all of the mansions are opened to the public. Also, except for Marble House, I knew more than the guides.

@chrismetafora6565 Жыл бұрын

@@lauravalentine9488 So do I. :) I was dragged down there many, many times.

@FunnyClementine Жыл бұрын

As a non-American this series has been very interesting for me, so thank you for making it.

@parkerfamily5365 Жыл бұрын

Queen Emma preferred to go as Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii as it was her Hawaiian name. She also wrote Aloha Oe!

@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын

Queen Emma of Hawaii (wife of King Kamehameha IV) is not the same person as Queen Lilio'ukalani (who was Queen in her own right)

@parkerfamily5365 Жыл бұрын

@@lilymarinovic1644 thanks for the correction and correct me if i'm wrong here but Lindsay may have also used a photo of queen Liliuokalani although the photo was shown only briefly. thank for letting me know i seem to be needing a refresh on Hawaiian history, something i will be ratifying right away.

@andrewswift2727 Жыл бұрын

Just one correction the Baby Ruth candy bar really had nothing to do with Ruth Cleveland. It was first marketed in 1920 and it was named after Babe Ruth and when Ruth threatened to sue the Curtiss Candy Company they pretended it was named for Ruth Cleveland and somehow got away with it. Thank you for your videos I ALWAYS enjoy them.

@44032 Жыл бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Ruth

@TrocaTheNero Жыл бұрын

Lucy and Rutherford Hayes were truly in love. Rutherford's last words were "I know that I'm going where Lucy is."

@aprilhelms6141 Жыл бұрын

Most literature on Mary Todd Lincoln completely maligns her, so it was nice to hear a more balanced view. Also, never heard the story about their exchange in the theater, and probably Lincoln's last words to his wife. Wow. Very tiny correction: Hiram is pronounced HIGH-rim. Loving this series!

@lauravalentine9488 Жыл бұрын

Another small correction, on April 9th Robert E Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. There were other armies that kept fighting until June.

@bitch8205 Жыл бұрын

I've never read any literature that includes her, how is she usually maligned? If you don't mind me asking

@311girl Жыл бұрын

@@bitch8205 Usually, they make Mary Todd Lincoln sound like a loon, without any empathy for her personal history and subsequent mental health issues.

@RandomVidsforthought Жыл бұрын

I saw a comment which said that she ate a lot of pears in one sitting and threw up and the staff were mad that they had to clean it up everytime

@barbarak2836 Жыл бұрын

@@bitch8205 The general view in some books is that she was totally crazy and did nothing but make Abraham's life miserable. This attitude seems to be changing to a more balanced one. As Lindsay said in the video, some historians now think she had bipolar disorder. Imagine having three of your children die and witnessing your husband's murder.

@TheShadowChesireCat Жыл бұрын

Lucy Hayes sounds like a pretty cool First Lady. And Rutherford sounds like an attentive husband. That's always nice to hear.

@Leelz247 Жыл бұрын

While you're on the subject of America, consider doing a video on the history of abortion. Women have been ending their pregnancies since the dawn of time and laws have evolved a lot in this country, from it being not criminalized to criminalized to constitutionally protected to not constitutionally protected.

@hannahrose4091 Жыл бұрын

!!!! this

@bitch8205 Жыл бұрын

I agree, this would be an interesting watch

@hannahrose4091 Жыл бұрын

@@Trouble_Bubble36 boohoo

@idontgiveafaboutyou Жыл бұрын

That was back when there was barely any efficient birth control or none at all. Nowadays there’s really no excuse other than cases where it may be necessary.

@deborahshallin5843 Жыл бұрын

That’s a great idea! I would love it! As I find it sad today. One comment regarding that abortion isn’t necessary in this day and age reminds me of the numerous cases of rape and incest that go unreported to the authorities. In addition, birth control was at one time considered a criminal act so it sounds like that is where the Americans are headed with their archaic thoughts and beliefs regarding women and their bodies. Such an interesting topic to be portrayed!

@Annie_Annie__ Жыл бұрын

Between this video and the last one, you’d think half the population in the 1800s died of tuberculosis. It must’ve been scary and tragic. We think we worry for our kids’ safety now; I can’t imagine how worried they felt. How little control they must’ve felt they had over their lives.

@Nikki-tx6kh Жыл бұрын

In the middle ages was dysentery or plague. From the renaissance to the georgians was smallpox and for Georgians and Victorians was TB.

@vbrown6445 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. TB seems to be the number 1 killer of the early first ladies and their children.

@emilybarclay8831 Жыл бұрын

As tragic as it sounds most parents expected to lose one or two children, especially if they were sickly so they likely saw it coming for the weaker kids

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

@@emilybarclay8831 this is sad but true.

@suzyfarnham3165 Жыл бұрын

There was no vaccinations for it then.That is why we were all given TB shots at school. Imagine if it was now?? Only 46% of Americans allowed Covid vaccinations? We would have TB STILL killing people .? Thank God we had more sense back . Otherwise Polio, TB and all the other diseases we were all vaccinated against would be running rampant.

@soulfoodsmama2980 Жыл бұрын

Umm are we just going to gloss over Libby Cleveland being “too smart” and U-Hauling with her lady to Europe? Lindsay please bless us with more details of her story in one of your LGBTQ+ historical figure videos because I don’t ever remember hearing her story.

@lilymarinovic1644 Жыл бұрын

Yeah... heard briefly of this before but how is the story not more widely known? Historians, get on it!

@rach3092 Жыл бұрын

@@lilymarinovic1644 historians say: “they were roommates”

@jocelynw6405 Жыл бұрын

I have the tea ladies!!! It's a Washington Post article titled, A gay first lady? Yes, we’ve already had one, and here are her love letters. The hyperlink kept getting axed by KZfaq. Lindsay ought to create a bonus feature of Rose Cleveland in honor of PRIDE month. Even Eleanor Roosevelt was bi & had a female lover too with a journalist. The letters are juicy & steamy to say the least! 🥵 I once picked Rose Cleveland for a First Ladies extra credit history assignment & I was delightfully surprised when reading about her bio. Saw a lot of myself in this badass First Lady! Her Wikipedia page is just 👌 Personality-wise, we're soul sisters, Esp. 21:14---21:18 😂💅💯. Ps: Her brother was nicknamed Grover the Good, but more like Grover the Groomer 😳🤢🤮 Nice, they even rhyme 😈

@mykoniichistorychannel Жыл бұрын

Don't forget they had another "friend" that they lived with and were buried next to.

@wuraolaolagunju Жыл бұрын

@@rach3092 "oh my god, they were roommates"

@MissChildie Жыл бұрын

27 ... And she was an infant?!

@Life_Hays Жыл бұрын

Why is no one else taking about this????

@johnni-raecalzada2500 Жыл бұрын

This feels wrong and concerning

@tarikmehmedika2754 Жыл бұрын

What a mganificent content we nearly don't know anything about these important ladies.

@elviediamond634 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to watch a series about white house weddings! Nellie Grant had a particularly jaw-dropping event!

@krosner1970 Жыл бұрын

The Bellevue Hospital gate sign in Mrs. Lincoln’s segment is actually from Bellevue Hospital in New York City. It’s a completely unrelated institution. This sign is still visible on the oldest part of the gate.

@brettlarch8050 Жыл бұрын

“Keeping it civil.” I see what you did there!

@CartoonHistory Жыл бұрын

Mary Lincoln had such a tragic life. Poor lady.

@jencookie2920 Жыл бұрын

Some of these stories are so sweet and romantic!

@karenkratzer7036 Жыл бұрын

This is really interesting and a lot that is never spoken about. I just can't get over the women who were opposed to the vote.

@darlalove Жыл бұрын

I’m a woman and at times I think it seemed like a mistake. Women are very emotional and soft. Looking at the way they are acting now and in the recent past I think it’s safe to say a lot of them are bat shit crazy. Most of them in my family and my husbands, I don’t trust them to peel potatoes.

@kellywolstenholme8134 Жыл бұрын

@@darlalove I hope you heal from your internalized misogyny

@piratesswoop725 Жыл бұрын

@@darlalove As opposed to men, who are never emotional and thus have never started any wars or had emotional reactions to anything.

@barbarak2836 Жыл бұрын

@@piratesswoop725 They also never, ever do things that are "batshit crazy."

@idontgiveafaboutyou Жыл бұрын

@@darlalove So the smart, well thought women should have their voter rights taken away then? Ridiculous. A woman being emotional and soft doesn’t automatically stop her for using her head either. If you’re talking about overly emotional (all emotions and zero logic) then that’s a different story but there’s many soft feminine women who are intelligent and smart.

@MarianneKat Жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at how much like Lincoln my distantly related husband seems, gawky and tall as well as personality. Mary Todd was very much maligned, even if she didn't have the emotional stability to take on the Upper Crust of Washington. I never heard about the 'wide grin' at Abe's death. I've been a neuro icu nurse for 30 years and see that at the moment of brain herniation in some patients. So that's an interesting detail I learned.

@hyperactivehyperbole Жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed so very much each part of this series. It’s enlightening to hear about the “other halves” of the presidencies when we all know they have always played such a silent but pillar part in history. I didn’t know more than half of the things you mentioned and I appreciate your time and quality you so apparently put into this series.

@micheller7442 Жыл бұрын

Lucy Hayes was quite an inspiration.

@llouie4999 Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying this series. Also - whoa! Had no idea of how progressive Lucy Hayes was! I'm a bit mad that the stuff I've only ever heard of her diminished the other justice efforts she was part of

@cole10002002 Жыл бұрын

I got to learn a new tibit about fellow Wells College Alumna Frank Folsom Cleveland today. So thanks I have am obsessed with her since I attended Wells. There is a building on campus named for her.

@jencookie2920 Жыл бұрын

I went to Ford's Theatre and appreciated the history thrumming through it, now even more so by Mary's story!

@lucyczesak2707 Жыл бұрын

So thankful you produce such quality history programming. You are one of the best!!!! I wish you only continued luck. Also, I feel bad that Mary Lincoln lived before medication. No doubt many of us would be like her without medical aid.

@aliekeegan6865 Жыл бұрын

I spent a few years in Fremont Ohio and I frequently visited Rutherford's Speigle Grove. It was a beautiful area. They have Victorian Era events throughout the year for halloween and Christmas. It is truly beautiful and underrated.

@andromeda331 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing videos on the First Ladies.

@jadenwinfree5516 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm really enjoying this series!

@tylishaqueenoceanriver1676 Жыл бұрын

I really wish that you was my history teacher I enjoy your videos and I look forward to them each and every day I can’t wait for the next part in the series

@susanknox-elkin5199 Жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying these videos on the First Ladies of US. Well done! 👍👍👍

@jencookie2920 Жыл бұрын

Love all these ladies and this series!!

@michellebruce5092 Жыл бұрын

Great history video I enjoyed it can't wait to see more soon. Your history videos are always enjoyable and relaxing 😀😀

@nishaplustwo Жыл бұрын

Loved the title 👌🏿

@janedoe247 Жыл бұрын

I learn so much from these!!!

@erikaleonard2848 Жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the next batch of ladies 😍

@its_nyeleti Жыл бұрын

The KS for another video i really love your content

@AzurePearl1996 Жыл бұрын

To give some clarity, Lindsay, Abraham Lincoln was 56 when he died. And Ellen Herndon Arthur died in 1880 at age 42.

@Bughotwheels Жыл бұрын

Nice I enjoy your videos

@cb41503 Жыл бұрын

The only thing I'll point out is that Ulysses Grant didn't buy a slave, he was essentially a weeding gift from his father in law. And to be fair, emancipating him was a big deal, since the slave trade was made illegal, slaves were very valuable, selling him would have gotten Ulysses about 1000 dollars back then which would have been more than enough to support his wife and family

@flaglerlion4643 Жыл бұрын

The slide for Mary Todd Lincoln states she was married to “Franklin Pierce” whoops 🙃

@OcarinaSapphr- Жыл бұрын

Did Mrs Lincoln’s laudanum habit exacerbate her conditions, or was it her attempt to medicate them...?

@MarvelEnt5 Жыл бұрын

Obligatory : NEW LINDSAY LET'S GOOOOO!!

@ZenaidaRoxas-yk8pp 10 ай бұрын

Love this video! Informative, it's good to know about the quiet power behind the throne. These women had greatly influenced their men.

@racheldianeames3729 Жыл бұрын

Please do videos on the descantants of the first ladies of the united states

@satinedelarose4132 Жыл бұрын

Love to see u do videos on australia & other parts of the world

@shalynv5902 Жыл бұрын

I love your voice sooo much.

@Kiriafycso Жыл бұрын

grover cleveland 🤨🤨

@Lisa59 Жыл бұрын

This is wonderful. I only know of one other KZfaq video about the presidents' wives, and yours is more extensive. Thank you so much for bringing these women to their deserved attention.

@est9949 Жыл бұрын

Not all first ladies are president's wife

@jencookie2920 Жыл бұрын

Halfway through!

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

Mary Todd Lincoln deeply loved her husband....

@BritishMotherfucker 11 ай бұрын

“She almost committed suicide” As someone who’s friend committed I felt that. She’s alive thank goodness(Eli AKA my friend)

@deniseyoung3738 Жыл бұрын

I am apparently very distantly related to Mary Dimick Harrison, didn't know that!

@jamellfoster6029 Жыл бұрын

Benjamin Harrison & his wife were a nice, intelligent couple.

@kiranrajvelusamy9642 Жыл бұрын

Pls make video on Portugal queens and King

@Nicolesid1 Жыл бұрын

Grover Cleveland.... Woody Allen prototype 🤢

@vbrown6445 Жыл бұрын

Harrison too! Marrying his dead wife's niece (who is younger than his own daughter)! Cleveland and Harrison both win the creep award. Blech!

@ericacook2862 Жыл бұрын

It sounds to me like Marry had a TBI. If it was frontal lobe, her behavior would make more sense.

@vbrown6445 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it does sound very much like TBI. Such a shame that her last surviving son didn't show more sympathy. Good for her that she set her lawyer and public opinion against him in order to gain back her freedom from the asylum.

@harribocaplays7136 9 ай бұрын

On the mary lincoln bit on her husband it says Franklin pierce not abraham Lincoln.

@noneofurbusiness5223 Жыл бұрын

First time I heard about Lincolns hand holding. Thanks.

@robertb4000 Жыл бұрын

On 7:30, you can see the ghost of abraham lincon

@savagedarksider5934 Жыл бұрын

I have sympathy for Mary todd lincoln and I love Frances Cleveland.

@est9949 Жыл бұрын

LoL the woman who said women aren't intelligent enough to vote? And her husband was a groomer who married her as his god daughter. It's one of the most cringy part of history I've heard n a while.

@Hyxhxie 9 ай бұрын

Damm, Lucy Hayes was the HBIC, 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@aprilgallimore9636 Жыл бұрын

Rutherford Hayes was hunky!

@novemBURRbby Жыл бұрын

Ummmmm Grover……..

@epcotethan9557 Жыл бұрын

Mary Lincoln seems like a tragic figure. I always had thought she was a rather unkind woman.

@candicehoneycutt4318 Жыл бұрын

She was very kind and very generous. She once nursed a neighbor's baby and later started a fundraiser for an injured little boy.

@idontgiveafaboutyou Жыл бұрын

Poor Mary

@seneca9796 Жыл бұрын

Is part 4 not out yet ?

@lizziejack4443 Жыл бұрын

Omg! A first lady has my name!! My legal name is Eliza!

@chrisgeenadriver1631 Жыл бұрын

Is Lindsay going to do a presidents who were assassinated video.

@legacyxlove 6 ай бұрын

Rose Cleveland grew up not far from me too!

@alyssaedmundson3071 Жыл бұрын

The Hardscrabble cabin still stands! Grant’s Farm is a local gem for those who love history, animals, and beer. Nothing in St. Louis happens without beer 😆

@chatswithcath Жыл бұрын

Ummmmmmmm am I the only one who sees AB Lincoln in the 7.33 mark of the video of the picture of his wife 👀

@barbarak2836 Жыл бұрын

No, that style of photograph was very common at the time.

@jae6722 5 ай бұрын

7:33 Did no one else notice abraham lincoln's ghost in that portrait? Was it just me? Am I seeing things?

@HistoryandHeadlines Жыл бұрын

Who is your favorite fist lady of this era?

@ChibiProwl Жыл бұрын

Mary Lincoln

@agatha6999 Жыл бұрын

Lucy Heyes

@mitsuhide8barbossa Жыл бұрын

You didn’t have to read how he died lol got me crying

@danishaffer6099 Жыл бұрын

Anyone else find that last picture of Mary Todd Lincoln a little creepy? No? Just me? Ok.

@RandomVidsforthought Жыл бұрын

Vox has a video on those photos and how it was put there by the photographer making it look like a ghost even though it wasn't

@Richardsonprincess00 Жыл бұрын

28:03-(peek) here comes the world war first ladies taking the role of the White House.

@twilight-princess240 Жыл бұрын

can't wait for Eleanor Roosevelt, she's one of my favorite first ladies

@kmrose Жыл бұрын

Sources?

@bonnie-leewhitworth9518 Жыл бұрын

sorry cant listen when you extend every word clip them up

@Heothbremel Жыл бұрын

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