Some of America’s most intriguing, successful and popular women throughout history have served as First Ladies, a role originally designed to keep them busy in the background while their husbands...
The year was 1762, Abigail Smith, a 17-year-old Weymouth, Massachusetts-born woman meets her third cousin and childhood friend John Adams. After the meeting, John Adams, who was then a young,...
As the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States, Martha Washington was in effect the matriarch of our nation from the early years of the Revolutionary...
Martha Washington: Fast Facts Born: Martha Dandridge Birthday: June 2, 1731 Place of birth: Chestnut Grove, Virginia, British America Died: May 22, 1802 Place of death: Mount Vernon, Virginia, United...