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Smith, Harold Ivan

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“…(Dirck, 2019, p. 4) Doris Kearns Goodwin's nudge to scholars to "widen" the lens is important. (2005, p. xxiii) Smith (2012), Smith (2006), Dirck (2019), andAlford (2022) are among the few scholars/writers who have explored Lincoln's losses through a thanatological lens. Why is Ann Rutledge Included in Lincoln's Grief Grid?…”

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“…Thus, Banner (2009) concluded, "Biographers are detectives and interpreters attempting to illuminate the past and to interweave its threads in new and compelling patterns" (p. 582). Smith (2012) argued that "Grievers need stories or story fragments for reflection. Paradoxically, the emotional wilderness of one griever becomes, through a clinician's awareness, an oasis for another" (p. 39).…”

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“…I contend that a closer exploration of Lincoln's "grief grid" (Smith, 2012, p. 3) offers insights to answer this question. A review of Lincoln's experienced griefs may encourage personal reflection, stimulate further research, and clinical use, a concept Smith (2012) advocated.…”

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Abraham Lincoln: “A Man of Sorrows and Acquainted with Grief ”

Smith

2022

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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Many terms could answer the question, “Who was Abraham Lincoln?” Husband, father, president, emancipator and martyr are appellations attached to the sixteen president. Rarely, however, is griever mentioned and rarely have Lincoln's accumulated losses been examined through a thanatological lens. After early losses of mother, sister, and fiancée, Lincoln came to be described as “a man of sorrows.” The author explores an historical perspective of the impact of Lincoln's multiple losses, and offers a counseling tool—a grief grid--to inventory Lincoln's grief experiences. At a glance, the grid provides a clinician or grief educator insight to the potential impacts of Lincoln's multiple losses. Clinicians can adapt the grief grid for use with clients who have experienced multiple losses to prompt therapeutic reflection as well as for teaching and presentations. Indeed, Lincoln was well “acquainted with grief.

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2022

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What Do Jews Believe About the Afterlife?

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Transition From the White House Into Widowhood, 1945–1946

Smith

2017

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Eleanor Roosevelt experienced demanding challenges following the unexpected death of her husband, Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), the president of the United States, on April 12, 1945. That she was no longer first lady led to a series of secondary losses: the loss of status, the loss of staff, the loss of financial security, and, within a week, the loss of her primary residence, The White House. Her transition into “Widow Roosevelt” was complicated by her discovery that FDR had died in the presence of Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd, with whom he had had an affair during World War I. As a condition for staying married and having a political career, he agreed never to see Lucy again. The circumstances of FDR’s betrayal and death were kept secret for nearly two decades. A week after FDR’s death, Eleanor answered a question about her future by a New York Times reporter, with a tense, “The story is over.” However, Harry Truman, FDR’s successor, had other ideas and appointed her as a delegate to the United Nations. Over the next 17 years, Eleanor evolved into “First Lady of the World” and had a significant role in world affairs and American politics.

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Abraham Lincoln: “A Man of Sorrows and Acquainted with Grief ”

Abraham Lincoln: “A Man of Sorrows and Acquainted with Grief ”

What Do Jews Believe About the Afterlife?

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Transition From the White House Into Widowhood, 1945–1946

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