here we are in harriet's lane's bedroom.might have been furnished when she was living here. these are pieces she owned after her marriage. behind me, you will see her original wardrobe where she would have stored her beautiful gowns that she purchased from paris. she had a penchant for european fashions. most of her clothes were handmade for her in paris. her signature style of first lady differed radically from this dress. she would wear full gowns with many layers of ruffles. she was also known for her low neckline. that was something that was not quite in fashion in america yet. she brought it to the forefront of fashion and people started copying her. some of her garments created a bit of a scandal because she was itowing a great bit of skin. caught on. women copied her hair, her jewelry, and her general fashion sense. over to the right, we have a small doll that is not a plaything.it is created to look just like her. it is wearing her signature style of gown. in front of me is a beautiful rose wood mahogany bed. she had

here we are in harriet's lane's bedroom. it is furnished in the same way it might have been furnished when she was living here. these are pieces she owned after her marriage. behind me, you will see her original wardrobe where she would have stored her beautiful gowns that she purchased from paris. she had a penchant for european fashions. most of her clothes were handmade for her in paris. her signature style of first lady differed radically from this dress. she would wear full gowns with many layers of ruffles. she was also known for her low neckline. that was something that was not quite in fashion in america yet. she brought it to the forefront of fashion and people started copying her. some of her garments created a bit of a scandal because she was showing a great bit of skin. it caught on. women copied her hair, her jewelry, and her general fashion sense. over to the right, we have a small doll that is not a plaything. it is created to look just like her. it is wearing her signature style of gown. in front of me is a b

she followed by harriet lane, the niece of james buchanan. harriet lane was the first first lady to welcome a member of the british royal family as a formal guest at the white house. this being edward, the prince of wales in the year 1816. youthful, popular, she had listened to the mockingbird named after her, dedicated to her. she made the low neck lace bertha popular. it was her personal relationship with the royal family which raised question about england's role during the civil war. england, of course, remained neutral. there were many people who said at the time that was because of ms. lane's personal friendship with the royal family that they did so. she entertained the prince just during the beginning of the secession movement about a month before abraham lincoln was elected president. with mary todd lincoln in the white house during the civil war, her perfect of state china which had been done by other first ladies, her decorating the white house, which had also been done by other first ladies was severely criticized as action incent

she was followed by harriet lane , the niece of james buchanan. she was the first first lady to welcome a member of the british royal family as a formal guest at the white house. this being edward, prince of 1860. in she had listened to the mockingbirds dedicated to her --ed -- to her grade it will dedicated to her. her relationship to the royal family raise questions of england during the civil war. there are people who set the time that it was because of ms. lanes friendship with the world family they did so. she entertained the prints during the beginning of the secession movement. view -- withd in mary todd lincoln in the white house, her purchase of china, her decorating the white house, which had been done by others, it was severely criticized as action insensitive to the needs and conditions of the country. mrs. lincoln said that it was part of her duty to dress in find and expensive clothes as a way of lifting the morale of the nation. she felt that this was her duty, and that boil republicans -- loyal republicans loathe their jobs to her

she was suspect and harriet lane, james buchanan's niece who was the hostess met with the couple and said that lincoln resembled the irish door keeper. i do have to tell my students in ireland that's not meant as a compliment. and it's reported that mrs. lincoln is western, loud, and unrefined. so this is what mary lincoln was up against. and i will say i use the term mary lincoln because we did have this is such a wonderful occasion to get to meet and discuss the biography of dolly madison because we were talking about the todd connection that isn't a real connection but it seems that everywhere mary todd lincoln is the name. when i first started working on the research and said i was writing on mary lincoln, people said who? i would say mary todd lincoln. they would know this name. the early 20th century when the todd family began to commission some work, including the painting that now hangs in the white house of mary lincoln that "todd" got inserted. not to say that mrs. lincoln was not proud of her family heritage. she indeed was someone who greatly treasured the southern her ta