(07-27-2012, 11:32 PM)Rogerm Wrote: Since Mary did not get along well with her step-mother, did she find another woman who might have served as a mother figure?
I think this is an interesting question with many different answers. Mary always said that she considered her sister Elizabeth a mother figure. Mary was very close to her maternal grandmother - who lived next door and was very close to her daughter's children. Mary was also close to Mammy Sally who raised the Todd children.
What I still need to research is the relationship Mary had with older women as an adult.
Women often tend to develop friendships with older women because they guide us, advise us, and comfort us as our mothers did (or still do). Mary was close to her cousin Elizabeth Grimsley, but I often wonder what type of relationship did she have with Elizabeth's mother? When Mary moved to Washington, was there an older woman whom she went to for advice? Any ideas?
What would you ask?
