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'''Elizabeth ("Libbie") Custer''' (1842-1933) was the devoted wife of the disgraced Lieutenant Colonel [[George Armstrong Custer]], who led his cavalry into the slaughter at [[Custer's Last Stand]].
 
'''Elizabeth ("Libbie") Custer''' (1842-1933) was the devoted wife of the disgraced Lieutenant Colonel [[George Armstrong Custer]], who led his cavalry into the slaughter at [[Custer's Last Stand]].
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Remarkably, after being widowed at age only 34, she then successfully wrote books to rehabilitate her late husband's reputation.  President [[Teddy Roosevelt]] and others commended her, and multiple movies have been made about her.
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Remarkably, after being widowed at age only 34, she then successfully wrote books to rehabilitate her late husband's reputation.  President [[Teddy Roosevelt]] and others commended her and even her husband, and multiple movies and television shows have been made about her:
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*''They Died with their Boots On'' (1941), portrayed by Olivia de Havilland
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*''Custer of the West'' (1967), portrayed by Mary Ureby Blythe Danner in the 1977 television movie
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*''The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer'' (1977), portrayed by Blythe Danner
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*''Son of the Morning Star'' (1991), portrayed by Rosanna Arquette
 
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