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RE: Who is this lady? - Anita - 02-14-2020 10:18 PM

Ruth Painter Randall ?


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020 05:49 AM

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 06:01 AM

The novelist, Taylor Caldwell?


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020 06:10 AM

I am sorry, Steve, but it's not Taylor Caldwell.


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020 02:52 PM

Hint #3: Her husband was a well-known short story writer, poet, and novelist.


RE: Who is this lady? - Anita - 02-15-2020 03:08 PM

Rosemary Benet! She wrote the poem "Nancy Hanks."


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-15-2020 03:15 PM

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 09:13 PM

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 06:43 AM

Who is this?

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RE: Who is this lady? - STS Lincolnite - 02-18-2020 09:55 AM

Jean Baker?


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-18-2020 10:16 AM

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 06:24 AM

Who is this lady?

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RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 11-27-2020 12:47 PM

Hint#1: She has been mentioned previously on this forum.


RE: Who is this lady? - Rob Wick - 11-27-2020 12:48 PM

An older Clara Barton.

Best
Rob


RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 11-27-2020 02:55 PM

You nailed it, Rob! Kudos.