Most important person in Lincoln's life

[Eva Elisabeth]

I cannot remember where, and I may be totally wrong, but I swear I read somewhere that she was the real anti-slavery person in the family. She would not be the first person from a slave-holding family to go that route. I believe that she gets credit for a lot of his ambition and his drive for the presidency, too. But I admit to being out my ken here.

As for her being the family's real anti-slaverite, Brian Diego's article in "The Mary Lincoln Enigma" pretty much claims this. I need to re-read it to say whether a comparison and ranking is made, but that she was strongly against slavery and had been from childhood on is pointed out very well.