Mrs. Lincoln’s Salon: Her Form Inclines To Stoutness

[Eva Elisabeth]

(11-16-2015 07:38 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  Then while living in France, she lost her girth and more, thus only weighing 100 lbs when she died.

Yes, obviously due to the insufficiencies of French cuisine - she complained to her grand-nephew Lewis Baker: "How much I long to...have a taste of your dear grandmother's good food—waffles, batter cakes, egg corn bread are all unknown here— as to biscuits, light rolls they have never been dreamed of, not to speak of buckwheat cake."
Escargots and froglegs are probably less nourishing and substantial!

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(11-17-2015 12:51 PM)RJNorton Wrote:  Here is a screenshot of what Google thinks:

Google is omniscient...
From this table you can see that even at 5'1" (and 130lbs) she wouldn't have been considered overweight, only at 5'0" or less, according to the WHO definition: