dolley madison

     

In 1814, before the British burned the White House, this woman escaped with silver & other valuables

Trivia about dolley madison

  • She was the wife of our fourth chief of state
  • This first lady born in 1768 was a real "cupcake" who liked to wear turbans & low-cut dresses
  • The consummate hostess, in 1809 she was first to host an official inaugural ball
  • Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her
  • At her husband James' inauguration party in 1813, she served ice cream
  • This 19th century first lady was a fashion trendsetter who made Turkish-style turbans all the rage
  • In 1811, as a lobbyist in Washington, Irving became a favorite of this first lady
  • She prevented the British from burning Gilbert Stuart's painting of Washington, which still hangs in the East Room
  • Dolley Payne
  • Dandridge Payne Todd are names sandwiched between the better-known 1st and last ones of this 1st lady; hello...
  • This future first lady sometimes served as White House hostess for Jefferson
  • Fleeing the capital on August 24, 1814, she took a Gilbert Stuart portrait of Washington with her
  • John Payne, a Virginia plantation owner
  • Quite the party girl, she's the celebrated first lady seen here
  • Her oath of matrimony to our 4th president got her kicked out of the Quakers for marrying a nonmember
  • This first lady saved one of the White House's paintings of George Washington during the War of 1812
  • A rare daguerreotype of this woman born in 1768 is seen [jpg]here[/jpg]
  • She wore a yellow velvet gown & a plumed Parisian turban to her husband's 1809 inaugural ball
  • She was a hostess at the White House for the widowed Thomas Jefferson before becoming first lady in 1809
  • She was expelled from Society of Friends for marrying non-Quaker 4th president
  • She was 32 when she started acting as Jefferson's hostess
  • She was our fourth president's first lady
  • Her first husband John Todd & their infant son died during a yellow fever epidemic in 1793
  • Born in N.C. in 1768, this cupcake was the belle of Washington society even after she was first lady
  • Hillary Clinton,Dolley Madison,Eleanor Roosevelt

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