Different reaction or character for Mrs Lincoln

I heard it claimed that Mary Todd Lincoln had been persuaded into quite radical abolitionism by her African American seamstress.

Could she have become a powerful figure as FIRST WIDOW
 
I heard it claimed that Mary Todd Lincoln had been persuaded into quite radical abolitionism by her African American seamstress.

Could she have become a powerful figure as FIRST WIDOW

I think hoping to equate her as an 19th century Eleanor Roosevelt would be problematic. Her husband was surrounded by very powerful men that quite eagerly attempted to fill the power void because of his death. I would hazard a guess that much of the criticism mentioned about her character or her hobbies, such as mysticism, may not play out well.
 
This would be so far removed from OTL to be ASB. MTL, if not crazy, was as close as you can get without being crazy. Sitting on the fron porch of the insane asylum if not actually opening the door. And 1865 was still definitely a man's world.
 
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