Martha Washington: The First Woman

In The First American Women, Sara M. Evans describes the changing roles of the respective populations of indigenous, white European, and black slave women, from before Columbus’s arrival to the American Revolution, and how the perception of these roles were shaped by the sociocultural context of each group. For example, although indigenous women in North America had significant political and economic power, especially initially, most white European settlers did not recognize this power-- their Eurocentric lens conveying women as inferior-- and thus they instead saw these female political leaders as slaves, basing this conclusion on a comparison to black slaves.

Abigail Adams is one of the most well known women in our national history. Her life demonstrated many characteristics that were exemplary in difference and also typical for her gender of the eighteenth century. Her education, religion, marriage and gender all attributed to make her the admirable woman we study today.

Abigail Adams married a man destined to be a major leader of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. Although she married and raised men that become such significant figures during their time, her herself was played an important role in the American society. The events that happened in her life, starting from childhood and ending in her adult years, led her to be a Revolutionary woman. Three main reasons behind her becoming such a strong, independent woman was the fact that she married a man who had an important role in politics, growing up with no education, and raising a family basically by herself.

There were many “Founding Mothers” of America and each of them had their own contribution in the American Revolution and Martha Washington was one them. Martha Washington played a vital role during the revolutionary period of US history. She is considered as the first “First Lady” of America and was a wife of George Washington and they both spent considerable time with each other during the American Revolution. She expanded her social circle during the revolution, as she met the influential members of society in New York and Boston.

When Dolly Madison arrived in Washington D.C. she changed the personal view of aspects of the people of the town. She became the first lady of the U.S and served about eight years in the House of Representative. Eventually the Madisons moved to Washington D.C. where Dolly was very outgoing by participating in many situations and helped remodel the white house. Dolly is a great role model for many young women. After her husband's death, she needed to fight for his property, for the fact women were

Abigail Adams was known as the “Queen of the First Ladies”, supporting her husband (John Adams) through every phase of his rise to power; as first lady she maintained a mostly conservative stance, vigorously

During the Revolution War Martha’s Role was Caretaker for her husband .She was the very, very, first lady on the dollar bill. However, she doesn't like the public, yet that is her job.Martha wasn’t like other women of her time, because she was well trained in arts and was prepared for life.

“Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies, we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation” (C-SPAN First Ladies: Influence & Image). This is a quote from Abigail Adams, one of the most important first ladies of all times. She was not only the first lady to live in the White House but she was also the mother of a president, her son John Quincy Adams. She has contributed much influence on the country and is utterly distinct from other first ladies. Although she was not a complete feminist she did believe in women’s education, which was not common at the time, and she also believed in protecting women’s rights.

It all started when she married Daniel Parke Custis, and since he died she fell in love with our first president of the United States, George Washington. From there Martha and George together helped America out when they were fighting against the British. George was the commander of the Continental Army while Martha got funds for the war as well as cheered up the soldiers in the harsh winter. Once the war ended George was appointed President and since that happened Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States. Unfortunately, George Washington, 1799, and Martha Washington, 1802, both died and are buried next to each other at Mt. Vernon. Even though she has died, Martha Washington will always be remembered as one of the founding mothers of the United States, wife of George Washington, and being the first ever First Lady of the United

Eleanor Roosevelt set a precedent for first ladies by purposefully establishing herself as a political figure.

Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison are a few of the founding mothers, behind many of these famous names are incredible hard working women named founding mothers. Many of these women came from privileged backgrounds, however, many of them worked very hard to make a mark on this nation we call The United States of America. Many of their husband were off fighting battles for freedom, during this time many wives worked keeping their houses and shops running. Unfortunately many of these women became widows due to the deaths of their brave husbands, among many of

She was the first First Lady to live in the White House in Washington DC. Abigail assumed an active role as an informal adviser to the president and as the First Lady. She was an advocate for women’s rights and equal public education for women. She sought out denunciations of married women’s inability to control property. “Legal degradation that women had to submit to the moment they got married. Single women, including widows, were allowed to own and control property. Yet as Abigail complained to her husband in a June 1782 letter, wives' property was "subject to the control and disposal of our partners, to whom the Laws have given a sovereign Authority." (Holton, Woody. 2010. "Abigail Adams” Last Act of Defiance.") She also supported the emancipation of slaves - which she viewed it as a threat to democracy.

Some kids know about the Presidents, but do they know about the people that help him every day. The first lady, the wife of President, is always helping the President in many ways. One of the earliest first ladies is Jane M. Pierce. Jane Pierce was the wife of the fourteenth President, Franklin Pierce.

During the colonial period women were frequently found to work alongside their husbands and brothers to punish newspapers as a family business. It was also very common to find wives become the publisher of the newspaper after their husbands became ill or died, usually until their son could take over the newspaper. Elizabeth Timothy was America’s first female newspaper publisher and editor, in 1738 after her husband died. Mrs. Timothy became the publisher of South-Carolina Gazette in Charleston, she ran it for seven years in partnership with founding father Benjamin Franklin. Since Elizabeth was a women she wasn’t allowed to publish under her own name, she used her 13-year-old son’s name, Peter. Anna Franklin was the first women to be involved

Almost everyone’s heard of her, there have been numerous books written about her, several thousand letters accounted for that she wrote. She was also the wife of the second president and the mother to the sixth American president, who was this woman? She was Abigail Adams. Abigail Adams life didn’t acquire meaning solely from knowing and being around these two great men however, Adams was eminently worth knowing as an individual herself. Throughout the ages, women have always been involved in war but Abigail Adams brought a new concept to women and war with her involvement in the early colonial years and the American Revolution. Abigail Adams did many things in her lifetime but the questions I will be attempting to answer is how