Martha Washington

She didn't help, but I'm sure she sent good vibes to the soldiers fighting in the war :)

This is an urban myth. Martha Washington died of "severe fever" May 22, 1802 and was buried along side her husband George Washington in Mount Vernon. The myth started because George Washington had a great fear of being buried alive and often discussed this with his wife Martha. George Washington succumbed to a fever, sore throat and boils due to running a high fever and it was said that he caught a bad chill while campaigning. Because of the "blood letting" that was believed in during this time this caused more complications and George Washington died suddenly while feeling his own pulse while he wife Mary sat at the foot of his bed. Both were dead upon burial.

His characteristics were that he was very modest and thoughtful. He was also a high-minded gentleman of courage and stainless honor. He was simple and stately of manner. And he was kind and generous of heart.

There was wealth for him since she was a widow.

The Washingtons did not have a happy marriage, so Martha encouraged George to run again. She felt it would help him have purpose in life and get him out of the house. When he decided to not run again, she tried to persuade him to run anyhow, and asked his good friend Thomas Paine to try to talk him into it.

She was related to Robert e lee, who later became the head confederate general during the civil war (Robert Lee married her great grand daughter.). She had over 250 slaves, which she freed in 1801. She stayed with her husband, general George Washington, during the revolution war. Imagine staying at an army camp for that many years!

She was at Valley Forge with other officer wives. As First Lady she held teas every Monday for the ladies of congress and held official banquets that are reported as several courses and very involved.

Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States. She was born on June 2, 1731 and died on May 22, 1802 of a sickness. George Washington, (her husband), died a couple years before her of a sickness too.
Martha Washington was married to George Washington.

He served as Commanding General of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War when the British were defeated, and served as the first elected President of the USA. Following his presidency, he became the new country's largest distiller of whiskey. His restored distillery is located near Mount Vernon.

No, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington [June 2, 1731-May 22, 1802] didn't have a job in the sense of carrying out certain responsibilities for which she received regular pay. But she was expected to carry out joblike responsibilities. Specifically, she was born, and married into, the wealthy landowning class in the subsequent United States of America. So she received a dowry and an inheritance. In return for economic security, she received a private education that prepared her to take her place in society as a hostess and as the manager of the household.

Martha did not move around much. She was born , married and died in coastal Virgina. She was born and married for the first time near Williamsburg, VA.

Martha Washington did not go to school because there weren't any schools in the time of the birth to the time of her death but she was educated in her domestic and social skills. Martha Washington did not go to school because there weren't any schools in the time of the birth to the time of her death but she was educated in her domestic and social skills.

No, but one day a magically purple unicorn granted her her wish of becoming the first lady.

OF COURSE! She was actually married twice. Once to Daniel Custus, who died, and then to George Washington.

No. First Ladies don't have monuments. Very few women in general do. Think about all of the monuments and memorials you know about. None are for women. Just, recently there has been one made for nurses who died in areas of war. All of this reflects the second class status that women have been placed in society.

No she is not alive. Martha Washington was born on June 2, 1731. Martha Washington died on May 22, 1802.

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" The greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our disposition. We carry the seeds of one or the other about us in our minds wherever we go." Martha Washington

Yes she did. When she met George she was a widow with 2 children and several years older than Washington. Just being a woman alone in the 1700's was hard and I imagine George was not an easy man to live with. He was not the type of fellow that you walked up and told a joke to. I think he was rather stern, had a big ego, and stayed to a strict schedule in life. The fact that he was gone to war for several years was also hard on her and there was a large plantation to run. Yet, when he died she refused to come to the service and watched from an upstairs window. After his death she pretty much lived in one room at Mt. Vernon.

Martha Washington died May 22, 1802 with a severe fever, She was 70 years old. jj

he went to live at Mount Vernon soon after his father's death in 1743, to live with his half-brother. He lived there off and on (going away for political work, war, presidency, etc.) and he died there (and is buried there) on December 14, 1799

nicknames are Martie, marsbar, and another one pam for when you are older

too upset. she owed no one an explanation

Martha Washington was famous for being the wife of the first U.S. President, George Washington. Shortly after her husband's death, she released any freeing slaves that they had to their freedom.