martha washington

     

A simple high-back narrow chair is named for this first U.S. first lady

Trivia about martha washington

  • This first U.S. first lady, a fine equestrienne, once rode a horse up the stairs of her uncle's house
  • This future first lady joined her husband at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78 & tended the wounded
  • When she married the future president in 1759, she was said to be the richest marriageable woman in Virginia
  • This first lady from VA. called "Patsy" had serious coin, but she dressed so simply people took her for the maid
  • Shortly before she died in 1802, this First Lady burned the letters her husband had written to her
  • June 2, 1731 in New Kent county, Virginia
  • A widow when she wed the future president in 1759, she had been married to Daniel Parke Custis
  • In the 1790s, this First Lady said she felt like a "state prisoner"
  • Her father, Col. John Dandridge, was a wealthy landowner
  • Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge
  • In 1886 this first lady graced the $1 Silver Certificate, the first woman ever to appear on U.S. currency
  • As First Lady, she hosted several state functions in New York & Philadelphia, but not in D.C.
  • 1902:The first First Lady
  • Her 2 children from a previous marriage, John & Patsy Custis, were "adopted" by the president
  • Seen here, she was one of the wealthiest women in Virginia in 1757
  • Let's make the chocolate candies named for this First Lady who was born in Virginia in 1731
  • Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Ann Randolph Custis, was the great-granddaughter of this first lady
  • The first First Lady to be older than her husband
  • She was the first American woman to be pictured on a U.S. stamp & on U.S. paper currency:
  • At the time Marie Antoinette lost her head, she was First Lady of the U.S.

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