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The Preamble

The Diplomatic Prowess of Louisa Adams

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.915.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Stepping into the White House at the close of the Founding Fathers’ era, London-born Louisa Adams became the nation’s first foreign-born First Lady. In an age of prosperity shadowed by growing political strife, she turned personal tragedy into resilience, mastering the art of influence, forging powerful alliances, and leaving her mark on history as she helped shape John Quincy Adams’s path to the presidency. Credits: Host and Executive Producer: Sharon McMahon Supervising Producer: Melanie Buck Parks Audio Producer: Craig Thompson To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Let's do a quick recap.

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When we last left off, we had talked about five of our nation's first ladies, Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, Martha Jefferson, actually died before Jefferson took office, Dolly Madison and Elizabeth Monroe.

1:28.7

And we had also talked about the lives of some of the people with whom they were uniquely intertwined, like Ben Franklin,

1:33.5

the Hemmings family, and political scandal mongerer James Callender. But by the time our next first

1:40.9

lady entered the White House, the era of the founding fathers was coming to an end.

1:46.7

James Monroe was the last president who had also been a framer of the Constitution and

1:52.7

the nation was beginning to transform.

1:57.1

Railroads connected people and goods and services across the country and industrial growth led to economic prosperity.

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