Conversation so far:
What did Mary Todd Lincoln's parents do for work?
Mary Todd Lincoln's father Robert Smith Todd, was a banker. Her family were slaveholders, and Mary was raised in comfort and refinement.
Did Mary Todd Lincoln have a happy childhood?
When Mary Todd Lincoln was six, her mother died in childbirth. Two years later, her father married Elizabeth Betsy Humphreys. Mary had a difficult relationship with her stepmother.
What were Mary Todd Lincoln's parents like as slaveholders?
Mary Todd Lincoln's family stories suggest that the Todd slaves were like family members, but there is evidence that the feeling was not reciprocated by the enslaved men and women.

Question: Was she a good student?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Mary Todd Lincoln a good student?