Lincoln Discussion Symposium

Lucretia Garfield?

Nope, not Lucretia Garfield.

Rosalynn Carter?

This is a wild guess, but I'm going to say Julia Grant.

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Rob

Nope, it was not Rosalynn Carter. It also was not Julia Grant.

Hint #1: Take a look at the punctuation in the quote itself.

Guess based on your hint. Abigail Adams writing to husband John?

With the comma it has to be Mary Lincoln.

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Rob

Excellent, Rob. Mary was known for her overuse of commas in her letters. Mary used this sentence in a letter to her daughter-in-law, Mary Harlan Lincoln, circa 1870. Source: Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker (New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1987), p.304.

(05-19-2024 04:09 AM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]Excellent, Rob. Mary was known for her overuse of commas in her letters. Mary used this sentence in a letter to her daughter-in-law, Mary Harlan Lincoln, circa 1870. Source: Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography by Jean H. Baker (New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 1987), p.304.

The quote: "I think the doctors would especially like to keep one in bed. The love of money, is the root of all evil."

The quote itself seems to be self-hypocritical (if, that is not being redundant). Who loved to spend money more than Mary Lincoln? If it were not for the clue, then logically, the choice of Mary Lincoln would have been the last guess made, as limited by the number of presidents.

No googling please.

Which First Lady said:

"No one is immune. Families really need help to understand it and cope with it."

Barbara Bush

Nancy Reagan? I'm thinking she said this relative to her "Just say no" to drugs initiative.

Good try, Anita, but Joe got it. However, it was not a reference to "Just Say No to Drugs."

The quote comes from Nancy Reagan in the October 2, 1995, edition of Newsweek. She was referring to Alzheimer's disease.

No googling please.

Which First Lady made the following comment about surfing?

"Surf-riding at Waikiki Beach is a great game...when you see a beautiful, slim, brown native, naked save for short swimming trunks, come gliding down a high, white breaker, poised like Mercury, erect on a single narrow plank - it looks delightfully exhilarating."

(05-25-2024 04:24 AM)RJNorton Wrote: [ -> ]No googling please.

Which First Lady made the following comment about surfing?

"Surf-riding at Waikiki Beach is a great game...when you see a beautiful, slim, brown native, naked save for short swimming trunks, come gliding down a high, white breaker, poised like Mercury, erect on a single narrow plank - it looks delightfully exhilarating."

Nancy Reagan? Didn't she marry a movie star?