Who is this lady?

[Gene C]

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What female did Benjamin "Beast" Butler refer to as a "haughty dame" and hint at torturing if she could be caught?

Rose Greenhow?

[RJNorton]

Belle Boyd?

[L Verge]

Both are excellent and obvious choices, but Gene got it right away.

[RJNorton]

This lady has been mentioned on the forum. Who is she?

[Joe Di Cola]

This lady has been mentioned on the forum. Who is she?

The pic is very small and a little blurred, so I am guessing Ida Tarbell.

[RJNorton]

That is a wonderful guess, Joe, and you are on the right track (the lady was a writer), but it's not Ida Tarbell.

[Susan Higginbotham]

Ruth Randall?

[RJNorton]

Bingo, Susan! Very good. I really like her books, and I think my favorite is Lincoln's Sons. I think one of the reasons for this is that the book has an index, something that many of her books do not have.

[Susan Higginbotham]

Yay, that was a complete guess!

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Which lady mentioned on this forum from time to time is being described here?

"Is a young lady in years and appearance, of medium size, pleasant manner, and frank, cordial address,
not petite, yet handsome, and withal a woman of attractive social qualities."

[Eva Elisabeth]

Mary Lincoln?

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Or Nancy Hanks?

[Susan Higginbotham]

No, but with Mary Lincoln you're getting close.

[RJNorton]

Mercy Levering Conkling?

[Susan Higginbotham]

Sorry, no! Hint: the description is from 1863.

[RJNorton]

Kate Chase? or Lucy Hale?

[Susan Higginbotham]

Nope! No connection to Booth.