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Who Said This?
10-30-2024, 03:58 PM,
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This lady has been previously mentioned on this forum. In 1865, when asked if a certain individual (male) were handsome, she responded by saying in Washington she had not seen any remarkably handsome men. Who is she?
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10-30-2024, 10:48 PM,
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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker ?
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10-30-2024, 11:31 PM,
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Nope, it wasn't Dr. Walker.
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10-30-2024, 11:53 PM,
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Dolly Madison?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor,
Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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10-31-2024, 01:06 AM, (This post was last modified: 10-31-2024, 01:08 AM by Anita.)
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Was the certain individual Robert Lincoln?
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10-31-2024, 12:59 PM,
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Nope, it wasn't Dolley Madison or Robert Lincoln.
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10-31-2024, 03:55 PM,
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Emily Todd Helm ?
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10-31-2024, 04:08 PM,
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RE: Who Said This?
Nope, it was not Emily Todd Helm.

Hint #1: The lady who said this was not married.
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10-31-2024, 06:17 PM,
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Ida Tarbell?
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10-31-2024, 06:40 PM,
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Nope, not Ida Tarbell.
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10-31-2024, 07:38 PM,
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(10-31-2024, 04:08 PM)RJNorton Wrote: Hint #1: The lady who said this was not married.

Not Married at the time, or never Married ?
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10-31-2024, 08:33 PM,
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Not married at the time of the quote.
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10-31-2024, 09:34 PM,
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I will guess Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
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10-31-2024, 10:44 PM,
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Nope, not Elizabeth Bacon Custer.
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11-01-2024, 03:42 AM, (This post was last modified: 11-01-2024, 03:43 AM by Anita.)
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Julia Edwards
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