Conversation so far:
What did Mary's parents do for work?
Robert Smith Todd, a banker, and Elizabeth "Eliza" (Parker) Todd.
Her family were slaveholders.
Did she have a happy childhood?
At an early age Mary was sent to Madame Mantelle's finishing school, where the curriculum concentrated on French and literature.
What were her parents like as slaveholders?
CANNOTANSWER.

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