Collective Influence: The Wallace Women

by Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko, Amanda Wesselmann

General Lew Wallace is famous as the author of epic religious novel Ben-Hur, as well as his various roles as Major General during the Civil War, Territorial Governor of New Mexico, and U.S. Minister to the Ottoman Empire. What many people don't know is that Wallace was influenced by two strong, educated his stepmother Zerelda and his wife Susan. Collective Influence is the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum's look into the lives of these two extraordinary women.

17 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 15, 2015

About the author

Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko is President and CEO of the Abbe Museum.