Elizabeth Custer
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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.
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:
- They Died with their Boots On (1941), portrayed by Olivia de Havilland
- Custer of the West (1967), portrayed by Mary Ureby
- The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977), portrayed by Blythe Danner
- Son of the Morning Star (1991), portrayed by Rosanna Arquette