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RE: Who is this lady? - Anita - 02-14-2020
Ruth Painter Randall ?
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020
I am sorry that none of the guesses so far have been correct.
Hint #2: She lived during the 20th century.
RE: Who is this lady? - Steve - 02-15-2020
The novelist, Taylor Caldwell?
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020
I am sorry, Steve, but it's not Taylor Caldwell.
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020
Hint #3: Her husband was a well-known short story writer, poet, and novelist.
RE: Who is this lady? - Anita - 02-15-2020
Rosemary Benet! She wrote the poem "Nancy Hanks."
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020
Congratulations, Anita! You are correct.
NANCY HANKS
If Nancy Hanks
Came back as a ghost,
Seeking news
Of what she loved most,
She'd ask first
"Where's my son?
What's happened to Abe?
What's he done?"
"Poor little Abe,
Left all alone
Except for Tom,
Who's a rolling stone;
He was only nine
The year I died.
I remember still
How hard he cried."
"Scraping along
In a little shack,
With hardly a shirt
To cover his back,
And a prairie wind
To blow him down,
Or pinching times
If he went to town."
"You wouldn't know
About my son?
Did he grow tall?
Did he have fun?
Did he learn to read?
Did he get to town?
Do you know his name?
Did he get on?"
RE: Who is this lady? - Anita - 02-15-2020
This poem is "hauntingly" beautiful. I wonder what Lincoln would say is a poem about his mother.
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-18-2020
Who is this?
![[Image: Untitled25.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/Untitled25.jpg)
RE: Who is this lady? - STS Lincolnite - 02-18-2020
Jean Baker?
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-18-2020
Right on, Scott!! Indeed it is Jean H. Baker, author of Mary Todd Lincoln - A Biography.
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 11-27-2020
Who is this lady?
![[Image: missterilady.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/missterilady.jpg)
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 11-27-2020
Hint#1: She has been mentioned previously on this forum.
RE: Who is this lady? - Rob Wick - 11-27-2020
An older Clara Barton.
Best
Rob
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 11-27-2020
You nailed it, Rob! Kudos.