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Lincoln’s Descendant Disliked Her Famous Heritage


Mary Lincoln “Peggy” Beckwith, Abraham Lincoln’s great-granddaughter, was a liberated woman who refused to conform to the social expectations of her time. She preferred pants and men’s shirts to wearing dresses. She enjoyed pursuits considered then to be more masculine than feminine, such as farming, hunting and fishing, golfing, photography,…
Posted on April 14, 2021May 16, 2022 by jsnemerson by jsnemerson
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