https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/29/salvaging-and-satirizing-the-flotus-part-2/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-29T13:05:00+00:00SALVAGING (AND SATIRIZING) THE FLOTUS PART 2"Oh Mary!" satirical play by Cole Escola (Pulitzer finalist), "Oh Mary!" Mary Todd Lincoln "an ex-cabaret star/temperamental alcoholic /Lincoln "deeply closeted", Mary Todd Lincoln accused falsely of being a Confederate spy, Mary Todd Lincoln myth persists (like Washington never telling a lie), Confederates come within 4 miles of White House when attacking Fort Stevens, Mary Todd Lincoln (Matthew Brady image), Civil war within six weeks of Lincoln inaugurationhttps://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lede2.jpeg?w=150https://simanaitissays.com/2026/05/28/salvaging-and-satirizing-the-flotus-part-1/Simanaitis Saysen2026-05-28T13:05:00+00:00SALVAGING (AND SATIRIZING) THE FLOTUS PART 1"A Woman Scorned: Mary Todd Lincoln" Thomas Mallon (reviewing "An Inconvenient Widow") "The New Yorker", "An Inconvenient Widow: The Torment Trial and Triumph of Mary Todd Lincoln" Lois Romano, Lincoln: God one D/the Todd family two Ds, Mary Todd Lincoln: complex personality, Mary Todd: more schooling than her future husband had, Lincoln and Mary Todd put off marriage for 18 months, Mary Todd Lincoln: tragic motherhood, Lincoln 1860: "Mary! We are elected!"https://simanaitissays.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/lede-2-1.jpeg?w=150