pe to get away from everyone. She returned in early 1880 after an accident in France. She was mounting a picture above a mantelpiece when she lost her balance and fell. She had both back and leg injuries. She then decided to stay in the United States with her sister, Elizabeth. Not long after she died on July 16, 1882. She died in the same house in which she and Lincoln had gotten married.Mary Todd Lincoln had an extremely difficult life. The challenges she faced from growing up in a dysfunctional Southern family affected many areas of her life. Marrying Abraham Lincoln made problems for her as well as the demands placed on both of them when he became President. ?As a Southern woman in the White House during the Civil War Mary was disliked by many and often criticized? (Turner 78)....
