Martha Washington: References & Edit History
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A brief biography of Martha Washington is Patricia Brady, “Martha (Dandridge Custis) Washington,” in Lewis L. Gould (ed.), American First Ladies (1996), pp. 2–15. Books about George Washington that also treat Martha include Stephen Decatur, Jr., Private Affairs of George Washington (1933, reprinted 1969); Douglas Southall Freeman, George Washington, 7 vol. (1948–57; also published in an abridged one-volume version with the same title, ed. by Richard Harwek,1968; reissued as Washington, 1985); and James Thomas Flexner, George Washington, 4 vol. (1965–72), especially vols. 3 and 4.
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Betty Boyd Caroli
Betty Boyd Caroli has written extensively about American first ladies. A graduate of Oberlin College, she holds a master's degree in Mass Communications from the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in American Civilization from New York University.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History - Martha Washington Creates the Role of First Lady. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 29, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 18, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Martha Washington Gets a Makeover. | Jan 29, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - A Taste of History - Martha Washington Won the War. | Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Martha Washington. | Aug 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - Martha Washington: First in the Heart of the President. | Apr 17, 2025 | ||
| Media revised. | Jul 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - Martha Washington � America�s First Lady. | Jul 04, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: White House Historical Association - Biography of Martha Washington. | Nov 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The White House - Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. | Sep 01, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia - Miller Center - Biography of Martha Washington. | Jul 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: George Washington's Mount Vernon - Martha Washington. | May 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - Martha Washington: Americas First, First Lady. | Jan 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: US Presidents - Martha Washington. | May 21, 2019 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kids.gov - Martha Washington. | Feb 22, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Martha Washington Died. | Jul 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Library Company of Philadelphia - Women of the Republican Court - Biography of Martha Dandridge. | Jul 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Colonial Williamsburg - Biography of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. | Jul 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Women's History Museum - Biography of Martha Washington. | Aug 30, 2013 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jun 25, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House - Biography of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. | Oct 25, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: UShistory.org - Biography of Martha Washington. | Aug 02, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 16, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | May 28, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 06, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 15, 2001 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 01, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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