Martha Washington

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  2/18/2021
  

  Why Martha Washington’s Life Is So Elusive to Historians

  by Alexis Coe

  The popular image of Martha Washington as matronly and austere has suppressed a fuller understanding of the first First Lady as a person rather than a witness to her husband's leadership.

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• SOURCE: OZY
  7-8-16
  

  Martha Washington’s importance is finally being recognized

  A study of the Washington family papers shows she was engaged in George’s professional life and provided immense support.

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• 12-27-15
  

  Martha Washington Goes to War, 1775-1783

  by Flora Fraser

  She and George were married forty years. Her story deserves to be told. Now it has been.