First Ladies: Influence and Image

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Richard Norton Smith comes with some high credentials, including curating the new Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum when it first got off the ground. He is also quite good at being interviewed.

I never heard of Ms. Terborg-Penn. What is her specialty? I'm sorry to hear that it wasn't up to par because I have several of my museum guides who have really liked the series so far. It's a shame that the one First Lady that they really need to know about fell short on this segment.

As for the gloves, was it Donna McCreary on this forum or the Mary Lincoln Enigma book that pointed out that people of that day, especially the President who stood in so many receiving lines, soiled or wore out many pairs of gloves in just one night. Mary would not have known about germs, but I bet she was fastidious when it came to things being soiled and shabby.