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Vor 6 Tagen · Martha Washington (born June 2, 1731, New Kent county, Virginia [U.S.]—died May 22, 1802, Mount Vernon, Virginia, U.S.) was the American first lady (1789–97), the wife of George Washington, first president of the United States and commander in chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolutionary War. She set many of the standards and customs for the proper behaviour and treatment ...
Martha Washington set the precedents her successors would follow. From her receptions at home to her attendance at civic functions to her public speaking -- however limited -- even to her interest in at least one specific cause, the movements and activities of Martha Washington came to define the responsibilities associated with the role of First Lady. In addition, with her quiet acceptance of ...
George Washington adoptierte jedoch die beiden Kinder seiner Frau aus erster Ehe, John und Martha. Trotz inniger Gefühle zu Sally schuf er seiner Frau und den Stiefkindern ein glückliches Zuhause. „Washington verfügte über eine ungeheure Selbstbeherrschung, gemäß seinem Grundsatz, eher nach ‚Vernunft als nach Leidenschaft zu streben‘ […]“, da er die Ruhe der Ehe mehr schätzte ...
The next sixteen years of Martha Washington’s life have often been called “the golden years” at Mount Vernon. While they had no children of their own, the Washingtons were busy raising her two surviving children, John “Jack” Parke Custis (1754-1781) and Martha “Patsy” Parke Custis (1756-1773) and living the lives of rather typical Virginia planters of the period.
Die Martha Washington war ein nach Martha Washington, der Frau des US-Präsidenten George Washington, benannter Transatlantik- Ozeandampfer der österreichischen Reederei Austro-Americana in Triest, der 1908 in Dienst gestellt wurde. Beim Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs wurde das Schiff in Hoboken, New Jersey, aufgelegt und nach dem ...
Martha Washington’s niece, Frances Bassett, married George Washington’s nephew, George Augustine Washington, at Mount Vernon on October 15, 1785. The couple lived at Mount Vernon for most of the next decade. In April of 1787, Frances Washington gave birth to her first child. Sadly the boy became sick and died within the month.
This beautiful memorial was made c. 1808-1812 by Eliza Gould in honor of George and Martha Washington. Martha Washington is the first and only woman to grace the primary portrait of U.S. paper currency. A series of lesson plans that uses Martha Washington to integrate women's history into the American Revolution.
