REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD: MARTHA WASHINGTON AS FOUNDING MOTHER AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATE (Post-revolutionary highlights)
There were many “Founding Mothers” of America and each of them had their own contribution in the American Revolution and Martha Washington was one them. Martha Washington played a vital role during the revolutionary period of US history. She is considered as the first “First Lady” of America and was a wife of George Washington and they both spent considerable time with each other during the American Revolution. She expanded her social circle during the revolution, as she met the influential members of society in New York and Boston.
Martha Washington served American Army during the revolutionary war and called on the women of colonies to help Continental Army’s soldiers through monetary contributions and supplying donations which helped in the stability of American Army. She organized the huge donation campaign named “The Offering of the Ladies” to support the colonial soldiers and collected a huge amount of money at that time. The soldiers really appreciated all the efforts made by Martha Washington during her stay at Valley Forge. She provided them with the services like cloths, food and with the first aid services to the sick, wounded and dying soldiers. Also, helped the Army with food when they were starving and with cloths when they were freezing with cold with the help of other women in the colonies. She assumed the prominent role as the caretaker of
Did Martha Washington significantly impact the people in her life and also the people of the Revolutionary War? What did she do for this country, America? What did she even do in the Revolutionary War? How can a woman be significant in a time where woman weren’t treated the way men were? What is significant about her as a person? Martha Washington was a significant role in both her children’s and husband’s life as well as during the war. Martha helped her husband during the war as well as helped the soldiers during the cold, harsh winter. Martha was the first ever First Lady since she was married to the First President, and she is also considered to be one of the founding mothers of the United States. Martha was married twice, was very wealthy, and significantly helped everyone during the Revolutionary War.
Did you know that Martha Washington was the oldest of 8 kids? Martha Washington was born on June 2, 1731. Sadly Martha died on May 22, 1802. In this paper you will learn about Martha Washington and her impact on the world. Also you will learn some interesting facts.
Martha Washington- (1732-1802)- During the Revolutionary War, Martha joined her husband for part of each winter encampment, he attended, including the 1777-1778 encampment at Valley Forge. Martha arrived in the beginning of February and left in the beginning of June. Much of Martha’s time at the encampment was involved in running the household at Washington’s Headquarters. This would include organizing daily meals for the staff, entertaining guests and officers’ wives. According to Pierre Etienne Duponceau, secretary to Baron Von Steuben wrote, “In the midst of all our distress there were some bright sided of the picture which Valley Forge exhibited...Mrs. Washington had the courage to follow her husband to that dismal abode…”
The American Revolution was the initial push for women wanting rights. In a letter to Mary Otis Warren, Abigail Adams discloses that she asked her husband to include women and to not put all the power into the hands of men(Doc B). The American Revolution also greatly changed the lives of women. If the republic were to succeed, women must be educated so they could teach their children moral and virtue. Although their status in society stayed private and almost the same, women had a larger role in day to day life because of the Republican Motherhood. Women were honored to take on these news domestic roles(Doc C). Because of the increase in women’s education, women were able to contribute to other important movements such as the
When Dolly Madison arrived in Washington D.C. she changed the personal view of aspects of the people of the town. She became the first lady of the U.S and served about eight years in the House of Representative. Eventually the Madisons moved to Washington D.C. where Dolly was very outgoing by participating in many situations and helped remodel the white house. Dolly is a great role model for many young women. After her husband's death, she needed to fight for his property, for the fact women were
Abigail Adams an American Woman was written by Charles W. Akers. His biographical book is centered on Abigail Adams the wife of John Adams, the second president of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth president. She was the All-American woman, from the time of the colonies to its independence. Abigail Adams was America's first women's rights leader. She was a pioneer in the path to women in education, independence, and women's rights.
An important person in the Revolutionary War was Martha Washington. Martha Washington was the wife of George Washington.
When George Washington, leader of the Continental Army, arrived at valley Forge, he sent word to his wife Martha washington who was already ready to head to the winter camp to spend time with her husband. She was all packed and ready to go at a moment's notice (Day). Martha Washington was a person admired by everyone from her first love die to her becoming the First Lady. Through all the things Martha went through, she showed ingenuity while run the house and leadership to her country and to women around the new United States of America. Martha grew up as a very wealthy person, but she is more than money and a pretty face.
Abigail Adams married a man destined to be a major leader of the American Revolution and the second President of the United States. Although she married and raised men that become such significant figures during their time, her herself was played an important role in the American society. The events that happened in her life, starting from childhood and ending in her adult years, led her to be a Revolutionary woman. Three main reasons behind her becoming such a strong, independent woman was the fact that she married a man who had an important role in politics, growing up with no education, and raising a family basically by herself.
In the novel, Abigail Adams: A Revolutionary American Woman, Charles Akers portrays the life of a strong, revolutionary woman named Abigail Adams. She was known as the first lady of the United States under John Adams and she played an indirect role in influencing the American Revolution. She is called one of the founders of the country for her revolutionary thinking and her being a rights activist.
George Washington is one of Americas most important figures and without him America most likely would have never stood a chance of becoming the super power it is today. George Washington was born in Virginia on February 22,1732 and became The United states of Americas general during the War for United States Independence from Great Britain and when the war came to a close and the United States was declared the winner and finally gained its independence and became its own country free from the rule of kings he was elected Americas first President on April 30,1789. If George Washington wanted to he could of became the new king and ruled over this new country as its new leader but instead George Washington was humble and decided to just be its
George Washington, son of Augustine Washington and Mary Ball Washington, was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He served as general and commander in chief of the Revolutionary War, and was later chosen as one of the seven Virginia delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 1787. The convention met with the purpose of creating a constitution for the newly formed nation of the United States of America. Due to Washington’s background, he was unanimously elected president of the convention. His favor with the other delegates promoted the ratification of the US Constitution in 1788. One year later, in 1789, members of the Electoral College unanimously nominated him as the new nation’s
She later got caught and was later put into prison in 1864 by confederate troops and taken into prison. Along with Mary Edward walker, Clara Barton, was an Army nurse. Clara was to serve help in curing injured men. She had a bad experience when she went to go cure a man, a bullet that killed the man she was helping was peireced threw her sleeve. She had been assisting him and tried to save him, but it was too late and he had died. Also these women made a legacy in life, Underground Railroad, being the first US army women surgeon, and the foundation of the American Red Cross. Mary Todd Lincoln, who was married to Abraham Lincoln. Although she was a lot different then the other important women in the civil war, she was just as important. She was the wife of the president during the war. Although she did not exactly fight or become a nurse of the war, she still had to take care of her family and all of Abraham’s stressful days. She had to mend to her children’s needs while Abraham was out making sure the troops in the war were in the right standings. When 1865 came around it was a terrible year for her, her family and her heart were crushed. Her loved one was assassinated, and her family and herself had no idea how to handle it. Being that she was the presidents wife, she was still important to make a legacy. Showed that women are strong enough to handle stress, children, and deaths in their family to be strong for
Abigail Adams was and still is a hero and idle for many women in the United States. As the wife of John Adams, Abigail used her position to bring forth her own strong federalist and strong feminist views. Mrs. Adams was one of the earliest feminists and will always influence today's women.
In the beginning when there was only but a mere 13 colonies, we couldn’t agree on anything. But despite all odds, we fought the most powerful country and developed into a strong nation, known today as The United States of America. It truly couldn’t have been done without 3 first presidents who laid the ground work for our new nation. Those three presidents and there three administrations included the Washington Administrations, Adams Administration, and Jefferson Administration. Though those three were of equal importance, one that stood out among them was the Washington’s Administration, and here was its significance to our nation.