Stephen j helmsley biography of abraham lincoln
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People/Characters Abraham Lincoln
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Leona Helmsley
American businesswoman (1920–2007)
"Queen of Mean" redirects here. For other uses, see Queen of Mean (disambiguation).
Leona Roberts Helmsley (born Lena Mindy Rosenthal; July 4, 1920 – August 20, 2007) was an American businesswoman. After allegations of non-payment were made by contractors hired to improve Helmsley's Connecticut home, she was investigated and convicted of federal income tax evasion and other crimes in 1989. Although having initially received a sentence of 4 years,[8] she was required to serve only 19 months in prison and two months under house arrest. During the trial, a former housekeeper testified that she had heard Helmsley say: "We don't pay taxes; only the little people pay taxes." This quote was identified with her for the rest of her life. Helmsley's flamboyant personality and reputation for tyrannical behavior earned her the nickname Queen of Mean.[9]
Early life
[edit]Helmsley was born Lena Mindy Rosenthal[4][10][1][2][3][11] in Marbletown, New York, to Polish-Jewish immigrants, Ida Popkin, a homemaker, and Morris Rosenthal, a hatmaker.[12] Her family moved to Brooklyn while she was still a girl, and moved six more times before settli
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Stephen j helmsley biography of abraham lincoln
1890 biography of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln: A History is an 1890 ten-volume account of the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, written by John Nicolay and John Hay, who were his personal secretaries during the American Civil War.
Writing history
Early in his presidency, Hay and Nicolay requested and received permission from Lincoln to write his biography.
Stephen j helmsley biography of abraham lincoln
In the first years after Lincoln's death, Hay and Nicolay were not encouraged to publish such a work—Representative Isaac Newton Arnold, a Lincoln supporter, had quickly published a substantial Lincoln biography, and publishers were not eager for another.
Further, the permission of Robert Lincoln, who controlled his father's papers, would have to be gained. Lincoln's former secretaries decided to wait until they had sufficient time and money.
The often-dormant proposal to write the biography was given new impetus as they came to believe Lincoln's historical image was being distorted.
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