Martha Washington
Chronicles the life of Martha Washington, who married George Washington when she was twenty-seven following the death of her first husband, as she worked by the side of the first president of the U.S. to build a new nation.
Candice F. Ransom. With special thanks to Mary V. Thompson , research specialist at Mount Vernon The portrait on page 46 appears with permission from the Washington - Custis - Lee Collection , Washington and Lee University , Lexington ...
Raised to be a southern belle and a plantation mistress, Martha Washington delighted in domesticity and would've been content as, in her words, an "old fashioned Virginia house-keeper." Yet when duty called her husband George,
A biography stressing the childhood of America's first First Lady.
Here are the able landowner, the indomitable patriot (who faithfully joined her husband each winter at Valley Forge), and the shrewd diplomat and emotional mainstay.
This volume is an in-depth biography of Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington.
A biography of the first First Lady.
"A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without...
This book traces the life of the wife of first president George Washington from her childhood in Virginia, to her marriage to Daniel Parke Custis and her years as a wealthy widow, through her marriage to Washington.
A biography of Martha Washington, the wife of George Washington and America's first lady.
This book introduces young readers to the life of Martha Washington, beginning with her childhood in Virginia.
In many ways Martha Dandridge Custis Washington represented the ideal woman of the new American republic. She was not born of the aristocracy, but she gained the admiration and respect...
Martha Custis was an attractive, wealthy widow and the mother of two young children when she agreed to marry again in 1759 and begin a new life as Martha Washington....
"A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without...
Whether she was at a ball or on a battlefield, Martha Washington set the standard for all future First Ladies with her quiet determination and courage.
This book introduces young readers to the life of Martha Washington, beginning with her childhood in Virginia.
Supplemented with numerous letters and other communications, vivid portraits of the lives of slaves on Virginia plantations, and first-hand accounts of the glittering social life enjoyed by the elite, Martha Washington is must reading for ...
"Simple text and photographs describe the life of Martha Washington"--Provided by publisher.
Martha Washington