Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States - A Short Biography

By Doug West

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.

30-Minute Book Series
This is the 54th book in the 30-Minute Book Series. Books in this series are fast-paced, accurate, and cover the story in as much detail as a short book possibly can. Most people complete each book in less than an hour, which makes the books in the series a perfect companion for your lunch hour, a school project, or a little down time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Doug West
• Release date: May 7, 2021
• ISBN: 9781005117030

Doug West

Doug West is a retired engineer, small business owner, and an experienced non-fiction writer with several books to his credit. His writing interests are general, with expertise in science, history, biographies, numismatics, and “How to” topics. Doug has a B.S. in Physics from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and a Ph.D. in General Engineering from Oklahoma State University. He lives with his wife and little dog “Millie” near Kansas City, Missouri.

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Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States

A Short Biography

Doug West, Ph.D

C&D Publications

Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States

A Short Biography

By Doug West, Ph.D.

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Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Early Years

Chapter 2 - Marriage to George Washington

Chapter 3 - The Revolutionary War

Chapter 4 – First Lady of the United States

Chapter 5 - Retirement

Timeline of Martha Washington’s Life

Biographical Sketches

References and Further Reading

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Additional Books in the 30 Minute Book Series

Preface

Welcome to the book, Martha Washington: First Lady of the United States, A Short Biography. This book is volume 54 of the 30 Minute Book Series, and as the name of the series implies, if you are an average reader this book should take less than an hour to read. Since this short book is not meant to be an all-encompassing biography of Martha Washington, you may want to know about her life and times. To help you with this, there are several good references at the end of this book. I have also provided a Timeline, in order to link together the important events in the life of Martha Washington, and a section of the book titled Biographical Sketches, which includes brief biographies of some of the key individuals in the book. In the text, those individuals who are in one of the biographical sketches will have their name in bold print the first time they appear in the book.

Thank you for purchasing this book. I hope you enjoy your time reading about the first First Lady of the United States.

Doug West

May 2021

Introduction

If you are married to or the offspring of a very famous person your accomplishments are often eclipsed by the more famous one. This was truly the case for Martha Washington, wife of President George Washington, who was perhaps the most well-known man in the world during his era. But does Martha truly deserve the back seat of history? Probably not! Most of the pictures we see of her were painted during her advanced years, looking like a kindly grandmother ready to bake cookies. But a study of what we know of her life paints quite a different picture.

As a lovely 17-year-old woman named Martha Patsy Dandridge, she was courted