![]() ![]() ![]() During the war, Martha resolutely supported her husband, ‘the General,’ joining him every winter in headquarters she was essential to his well-being and was a redoubtable, vastly admired figure.Īfter the American victory, George was elected our first president and Martha became an impeccable first First Lady. She endowed Washington with the confidence-and resources-that would aid him when elected commander-in-chief of the Continental army. They were devoted to one another, and George was as a father to Martha’s children by her first husband. When they married in colonial Virginia in 1759, he was an awkward but ambitious young officer, she, a graceful, wealthy young widow. ![]() In these pages, acclaimed historian Flora Fraser unfurls the story of George and Martha, brilliantly narrating the lives of an extraordinarily dedicated, accomplished, and historic couple. ![]()
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