Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States

A Short Biography

By: Doug West

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 1 hr and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

Do you want to learn about Martha Washington but don’t have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then the short and concise book “Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States” is for you!! During Martha Washington’s long and productive life, she had many interesting adventures and made many contributions to the young American republic, including the following: • She successfully took over the massive Custis estate after the death of her first husband, showing her skills as a businesswoman. • During the American Revolutionary War, she spent around five years in total at the winter camps of the Continental Army, helping General Washington and the troops. • As the first First Lady of the United states during her husband’s two terms as president, she established many of the precedents for the office of the First Lady that are still being practiced today. • Martha Washington will long be remembered as one the “founding mothers” of the United States of America. • And much more… The book “Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States” gives a crisp look at the life and times of the Martha Washington. To illustrate the story of her life there are numerous pictures of the people, places, and events that were part of the life of the first First Lady of the United States. In addition, the book contains: a list of reference books for further reading, a timeline of Mrs. Washington’s life and events of that period of history, and a section that contains short biographical sketches of the key individuals in the book.