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Mary Lincoln: Wife, Mother, First Lady

2025-07-08 14:00:00 2025-07-08 15:00:00 America/Chicago Mary Lincoln: Wife, Mother, First Lady Valerie Gugala, portraying Mary Lincoln, recounts her journey from youth to becoming the wife of the sixteenth U.S. president, correcting historical misconceptions along the way. R Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Tuesday, July 08
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-07-08 14:00:00 2025-07-08 15:00:00 America/Chicago Mary Lincoln: Wife, Mother, First Lady Valerie Gugala, portraying Mary Lincoln, recounts her journey from youth to becoming the wife of the sixteenth U.S. president, correcting historical misconceptions along the way. R Main Library - Lake Cook Room

Main Library

Lake Cook Room

Valerie Gugala, portraying Mary Lincoln, recounts her journey from youth to becoming the wife of the sixteenth U.S. president, correcting historical misconceptions along the way. R

Mary Lincoln comes to life as presented by Valerie Gugala.  She sets the historical record straight as she takes listeners through her life as a young woman born into a wealthy Lexington, KY, family and the transformation she made to become the wife of a young man whose background was just the opposite. Mrs. Lincoln takes the audience through the Lincoln family’s life in Springfield, Abraham’s political career and election to the presidency, and their life in the White House during the Civil War. Time for questions from the audience for Mrs. Lincoln is included in this program. 

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EVENT TYPE: | Adult |

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