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Mothers of Lincoln and Washington Shaped a Nation
An essay honors Mary Ball Washington and Nancy Hanks Lincoln for shaping leaders. It compares their stern, devoted mothering with the legacies of their sons George and Abraham and notes monuments to pioneer mothers in Harrodsburg Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Mary Ball Washington
Corporation of
Fredericksburg
Congress
Hyde
Lincoln
Washington
Lawrence Washington
Chetauk
George
George Washington Parke Custis
Rupert Hughes
William Morrow and Company
Mother of
Christ
Mary
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
William E. Barton
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Sarah Lush Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Kentucky
Thomas Lincoln
Tom Lincoln
Barton
Sally Bush
Sally Lincoln
Ufe
Harrodsburg
Kyl
Woman's Club of
Daniel Joane
Richard Hogan
Hugh McGary
Thomas Denton