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Martha Washington
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies observed. During her tenure, she was referred…
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politics · First Lady of the United States from 1789 to 1797 · politician · also Martha Washington, Martha Dandridge, Martha Custis, Washington
Born 13 June 1731 · Died 22 May 1802 · Q191789
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2026· 8 entries
telemundolaredo.tv: Sociedad de Martha Washington comienza temporada con presentación de sus debutantes de gala
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Iowa PBS: An Afternoon With George and Martha Washington
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TheDailyNewsOnline.com: Actors to portray George and Martha Washington at Main Street 56 Theater.
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Know Your Meme: Martha Washington the original Great Emancipator * | History Memes
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Public attention spiked: 5,128 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.3× the usual 1,539, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,531 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 1,539, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 13,968 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.1× the usual 1,539, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: change category name
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2024· 1 entry
c-span: Bell Ringer: First Ladies - Martha Washington, Abigail Adams and Dolley Madison
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2023· 1 entry
The Daily Signal: Martha Washington: Remembering America’s 1st First Lady
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2020· 2 entries
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Martha Washington had a feral tomcat named after Alexander Hamilton.” Story is disputed.
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In the 2008 Siena Research Institute survey, Washington was ranked 3rd-highest in the criteria of public image
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2016· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Portrait of Martha Washington by John Trumbull
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1938· 1 entry
To honor Washington as part of the Presidential Issue series
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1918· 1 entry
And the main original building of Martha Washington College was converted to the Martha Washington Inn
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1886· 1 entry
Making her the second woman to appear on an American banknote after Pocahontas
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1831· 1 entry
The surviving executors of George's estate removed the bodies of the Washingtons from the old vault to a similar structure within the present enclosure at Mount Vernon
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1802· 2 entries
Died 1802-05-22.
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Washington burned all of her husband's letters to her, summoned a clergyman to administer last communion, and chose her funeral dress
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1789· 1 entry
Career landmark: First Lady of the United States (1789–1797).
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1731· 1 entry
Born 1731-06-13.
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