Who is this lady?

[Wild Bill]

Victoria Woodhull Clafflin

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Make that Victoria Clafflin Woodhull==sorry!

[L Verge]

Good lord, Mr. Richter, what time do you get up and start to function? You posted this while it had to be still dark out!

You are absolutely correct. And, as your prize, I would like you to write a 3-6 page article on Mrs. Woodhull for the September or October issue of the Surratt Courier. Deadline for September issue would be August 10 - for October issue, September 10.

She's an interesting character, but please be gentle with any political commentary.

Part 2 - who was her running mate?

[Wild Bill]

Frederick Douglass, another supreme egotist

[Gencor]

(08-27-2012 02:52 PM)Laurie Verge Wrote:  I'm trying to figure out how this woman got her hair in that contortion! If those things are her hair, they are what used to be called finger curls.

They are platted bangs, Laurie. They never wore bangs like we know them but they had shortish type curles around their face and when they were growing out, they platted them and penned them back. I only know this because my mom used to be cosmetologist and she told me that it was another way that they used to make wavy curls.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Who is this lady...supposed to be?
   

[RJNorton]

Mary Lamson Stanton?

This was Edwin Stanton's first wife. Regarding her death, author Burton Hendrick writes, "When Mary Lamson died, in 1844, Stanton's morbidity again aroused fears for his sanity. This was the wife with whom he had spent his early days of struggle; that the end should have come when prosperity had arrived, when Stanton had just crowned his success by taking for his home the finest house in Steubenville, seemed to make the tragedy complete. The bereaved husband sent for a dressmaker and ordered her to produce a perfect duplicate of Mary's wedding gown. "She is my bride," he moaned, "and shall be dressed and buried like a bride." The Supreme Court had to suspend sessions for a month, for Stanton, whose name appeared on every calendar, would not leave his dead wife's grave. Every night he would put her nightcap and gown on her bed, and sit beside them weeping for hours."

[Eva Elisabeth]

An outstanding guess, Roger, I'm sorry the picture is not supposed to depict Mrs. Stanton. (While Stanton is declared morbid I personally find his conduct proves deep affection and love.)

[RJNorton]

Matilda Edwards?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Another thing excellent guess, Roger, but not correct.

Hint #1: No photo of this lady could have been taken.

[L Verge]

The hairstyle and plunging neckline suggest the Regency or Empire period (pre-1850?) - before the advent of widespread photography. Otherwise, I am at a loss as to the identity of this lovely lady.

[Eva Elisabeth]

Very correct, Laurie - pre-1850 and pre-photography era (in any case pre-first-photo of a human). I'm referring to the lady as don't know when the picture (painting?) was created. (Reminds of Mona Lisa, just this lady looks more delicate IMO).

Hint #2: I was amazed to find it on find-a-grave. I had never seen it before.

[L Verge]

Later related to the Lincoln administration? Assassination-related? Civil War? Do later photos of the lady exist?

Right now, my brain is wandering to Mrs. Robert E. Lee...

[Eva Elisabeth]

Laurie, please look again at hint #1, and read my last reply as a hint, too:

Hint #3: "...pre-1850 and pre-photography era (in any case pre-first-photo of a human)".

(Neither Lincoln-administration, CW, nor assassination-related...)

[L Verge]

Related to Lincoln's early years?

[Eva Elisabeth]

Yes, correct.