Childhood/Birth | Her Dressmaker | Husband | Family Facts! | Fun Facts |
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1818
What year was she born?
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Elizabeth Keckley
What was her dressmaker's name?
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Abraham Lincoln
What was her husband's name?
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Two. She had 1 mother and also one stepmother
How many mothers did she have?
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"When I grow up, I will marry the president!"
What did Mary Todd say when she was a young girl?
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Lexington, Kentucky
Where was she born? State and City
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Elizabeth was, by 10 months
Who was older; Mary or Elizabeth?
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9! Abraham was older
How many years apart were they?
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4
How many sons did she have?
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Stephen Douglas. He proposed saying, "You will be the wife of the president!" She declined the offer saying "I know Mr. Douglas, I will be the wife of the president, but not with the last name Douglas!
Another politician courted and proposed to Mary. Who was that politician?
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15
How many siblings did she have?
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February 1818
What month was Elizabeth born; and what year?
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17
How many more years did Mary live than Abraham?
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Robert, Edward, Willie, and Tad (in order from oldest son to youngest son)
What were her sons' names?
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The South, or the Confederates. This means that she and her brothers were on different sides of the Civil War. She fought with her husband on the side of the North, the Union.
Her brothers fought in the Civil War. What side?
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12, which was a lot for a girl in the 1800's
How many years of schooling did she receive?
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30! WOW!
How many years was Elizabeth a slave?
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Both were born in Kentucky, both had a love of politics and both had a stepmother
What three things did they have in common?
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Edward Baker Lincoln. He died at the young age of 3 years and 11 months to diphtheria
Which one of her sons died at about age 4?
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Elizabeth Edwards, her older sister
Mary went to live with one of her siblings before she died. Which one?
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Robert and Elizabeth
What were the names of her parents?
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The nickname Abe.
What didn't Abraham like?
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Politics
Mary and Abe both had a love of ________.
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