Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: Civil War and Its Aftermath

Event Details

When
09/23/2012 - 2:00pm
Where
Museum of the Grand Prairie
600 N Lombard
Mahomet, IL, 61853-1040
United States
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Champaign
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Museum of the Grand Prairie
Where
Museum of the Grand Prairie
600 N Lombard
Mahomet, IL, 61853-1040
See map: Google Maps
County: 
Champaign
Fee: 
Free. Open to the public.
Sponsor Organization: 
Museum of the Grand Prairie

A Road Scholar Program by Sharon Z. Alter

Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln, and Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis, the Civil War (1861-1865) and its aftermath had a major impact. This lecture discusses how these two Civil War wives coped with, confronted, and-at crucial times-overcame personal and political challenges.

This event is Free and Open to the public. For more information, please contact Barbara Oehlschaeger-Garvey, 217.586.1272.
IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau