Influential Women of the Civil War Period

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It seems as if both of them may have suffered from depression....do you have any insight on this? One book I looked at even mentioned, that MTL may have suffered from what we know today as Bi-Polar disorder.

Mary certainly suffered from Bi-Polar disorder,

Jason Emerson agrees, and there's an excerpt from his book here.

Here's a short video in which Jason shares some of his thoughts.

Jason's publisher writes, "The first to state unequivocally that Mary Lincoln suffered from bipolar disorder, Emerson offers a psychiatric perspective on the insanity case based on consultations with psychiatrist experts."

Joshua Wolf Shenk talks with former First Lady Rosalynn Carter here.