What would you ask?

[BettyO]

Mary is such an intriguing personality - a seeming mixture of lady and at times, harpy...and she was definitely a lady!

I've always wondered why she was so jealous of other ladies being closely affiliated with Mr. Lincoln; i.e. such as Mrs. Ord, Mrs. Grant, et. al. Obviously she did not want them to either usurp her standing as First Lady or she was potentially worried about them getting personal with Mr. Lincoln for some reason. Of course, this was something that a lady in the Victorian era definitely did not usually encounter. Fascinating character study, Mrs. Lincoln.

I also wonder what her migraines portended, if anything? In my youth, I suffered from them as well - but I don't think they effected my personality in any manner.