The Purpose of this paper is to understand the rating of Mary Todd Lincoln in America. Today, Mary Todd Lincoln ranks at the bottom of historian's rankings of First Ladies, while her husband, Abraham Lincoln, remains the top. American people consider Abraham Lincoln of the best president, but Mary Todd Lincoln the worst First Lady. What makes Mary the Worst? ① Mary indulge in ostentation in untimely. At that time, Civil War is under way.She show off one’s new dresses, new gloves, and ect. In fact, she was not a beauty. Her portraits show her well dressed but overwhelmed by her clothes. She looks shy, diffident, rather like a doll dressed up for an occasion...too many frills, too many flowers, too many ruffles, as if the clothes were taking the place of her own personality. Like a modern-day shopaholic, Mary couldn't resist buying things.Mary planned the interior improvements to the White House that would stand as one of her important, if untimely, accomplishments. But many people were repelled that she would attempt such a transformation during wartime.And at the same time, she was castigated for having the bad taste to give a such a gale during the war.② Mary was nervous and extreme, too. Mary seemed to swing in manic extremes from gracious, charming hostess to angry, dressed virago...and the mood swings became more frequent, and less easily hidden. With Willie's death, her son, Mary fell into a state of depression from which she never quite emerged. But her grief was characterized as “excessive and ostentatious.” ③ Mary had been influenced patronage matters.At that time, patronage matters reserved for men. But she had been interested the patronage. Not so much as, she may even have initiated an exchange of her influence with the president for bills from rich merchants who were pleased to have her wearing their dresses.④ Mary became interested in spiritualism and met with its practitioner in Boston and New York, what is worse, in the White House.But, ahead of her time, Mary saw herself as a vanguard of American fashion and intellectuality. In accordance with, such a malign, unbalanced view overlooks Mary Lincoln's contributions and her modern view of her role as First Lady.
한국중앙사학회 [Korean Association of Joong-Ang Historical Studies]
설립연도
2000
분야
인문학>역사학
소개
중앙사학연구회를 중앙사학회로 명칭을 변경함. 중앙사학연구회는 중앙대학교 사학과를 모체로 출발한 연구회였다. 주로 중앙대학교 사학과와 연관을 가진 사람들로 회원이 구성되었으며, 또한 그들의 연구활동의 무대가 되어 온 셈이다. 그러나 이러한 성격의 연구회는 자연히 그 활동과 연구의 지평이 제한을 받을 수 밖애 없다는 것을 지적하는 회원들이 많았다. 뿐만 아니라, 최근 한국학계에서 제기된 학술지 평가문제에 적극적으로 대처해야한다는 공감대가 형성되었다. 어느 곳에 게재된 것이 중요한 것이 아니라 그 글의 내용을 가지고 평가해야 한다는 고전적인 의견에 회의를 품는 분위기가 팽창하고 있다. 이러한 과정을 거쳐서 중앙사학연구회의 명칭을 발전적으로 고쳐보고 조직도 전국적인 규모로 만들자는 데 합의하게 되었다. 그러나 명칭을 무엇으로 하느냐 하는 문제를 놓고 또 다시 1년여를 보냈다. 그 결과, 2000년 겨울 동계 정기 워크숍에서 회원들의 투표를 거쳐서 중앙사학회로 결정하였다.
간행물
간행물명
중앙사론 [JOONGANG SARON ; Journal of Joong-Ang Historical Studies]