Lois Romano on Mary Todd Lincoln: "No one should be judged by only her flaws."

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Lois Romano on why she wrote a book about Mary Todd Lincoln: "I remember looking back and reading about Mary and thinking, was she really all this bad?

Was she really crazy?

That's what everyone would always say.

Wasn't she crazy?

And I concluded that her biography was not well-rounded, that she was judged by some of her flaws.

And no one should be judged by only her flaws.

And some of it was misogyny.

We all should be allowed a little bit of grace in our lives.

And she got no grace during her lifetime."

SUNDAY: America's Book Club with Lois Romano – 6pm ET on C-SPAN https://www.c-span.org/americas-book-club/guest/27/lois-romano


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