163. The Hidden Life of Martha Washington

Here's Where It Gets Interesting

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Over the next several weeks Sharon will be sharing stories about the lives of American first ladies and the different ways in which they have influenced their families, the presidency, and the whole of the nation.

During her lifetime, Martha was never given the title of First Lady as we know it. Instead, she was called “Lady Washington” and was held in high esteem as George’s “worthy partner.” Today, Sharon dives into many of lesser known details of her life like her first marriage, her open home policy, and her views on slavery.

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. So glad you're here today and I am thrilled to be bringing you
0:08.4	something exciting, something I know you're going to love. People are always asking me
0:12.8	to share more about a fascinating group of people that we traditionally learn very little
0:20.4	about. It's often their spouses that dominate the conversation. So of course I'm talking about
0:31.3	America's First Ladies and over the next several weeks one by one we are going to share stories
0:36.4	about the lives of our First Ladies, not all of our First Ladies were the spouses of presidents
0:43.7	and not all of our presidents had First Ladies by their side when they began their term
0:49.2	in the White House. So let's dive in. Let's take a deeper look at different ways American
0:55.6	First Ladies have influenced their families, presidency and the whole of the nation.
1:03.0	I'm Sharon McMahon and welcome to the Sharon Says So podcast.
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1:34.8	at acast.com. Many of us know the fun presidential fact that George Washington was the only
1:44.9	president who didn't live in the White House. But did you know that Martha Washington
1:51.0	did live in the White House? Let's just start the beginning. Let's start the beginning.
1:58.2	That's a very good place to start. So Martha Dandridge, who was the oldest daughter of a
2:04.7	man named John Dandridge and a woman named Francis Jones, was born in 1731 on her father's
2:11.4	plantation, which was called Chestnut Grove in the colony of Virginia, Virginia, not
2:17.4	a state yet. John Dandridge was immigrant from England. But Francis, Martha's mother,
2:25.7	was born in America and she was the granddaughter of a colonel who served on the House of Burgesses,
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