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Photograph of Mary Todd Lincoln in a dress looking into the distance.

Mary Todd Lincoln Has Long Been Derided. Is Her Reputation Salvageable?

History knows the First Lady as a hysterical widow and a lavish spender. A recent biographer chooses to highlight her mental fortitude and political prowess.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on May 18, 2026
Perle Mesta laughing at a dinner party.

Washington’s Hostess with the Mostes’

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on January 20, 2025
A photograph of the back of a woman's head, superimposed over a photograph of a body of water as if looking out over it.

What if Nostalgia Isn’t What It Used to Be?

As our faith in the future plummets and the present blends with the past, we feel certain that we’ve reached the point where history has fallen apart.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on November 20, 2023
Formal portrait photograph of a young Jackie Bouvier.

The Making of Jackie Kennedy

As a student in Paris and a photographer at the Washington Times-Herald, the future First Lady worked behind the lens to bring her own ideas into focus.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on May 1, 2023
Republican Warren G. Harding speaking to voters from his front porch in Ohio.

How the Promise of Normalcy Won the 1920 Election

A hundred years ago, the U.S. was riven by disease, inflamed with racial violence, and torn between isolation and globalism. Sound familiar?
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on September 21, 2020

When a New York Baron Became President

In the case of Chester Arthur, the story is one of surprising redemption.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on September 11, 2017

Trying to Remember J.F.K.

On the centenary of his birth, seeking the man behind the myth.
by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker
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on May 22, 2017
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