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Author : Solomon Henner
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1410705501
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Washington's Mistress written by Solomon Henner and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Margaret Cockburn Conkling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Memoirs of the Mother and Wife of Washington written by Margaret Cockburn Conkling and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary Ball was born in Virginia in 1706. She married Augustin Washington, a widower with two sons, in 1730. Her oldest child, George Washington, was born in Westmoreland County. The family then moved to and estate in Stafford County, Virginia, when her other two sons and three daughters were born. She died at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1789.
Author : Benson John Lossing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Mary and Martha, the Mother and the Wife of George Washington written by Benson John Lossing and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olive cloth; gold stamped shields within two borders at top. line of blind tooling then gold wreaths and garlands, below which is blind stamped sunburst with gold "Mary & Martha" at center.
Author : Helen Bryan
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 0471212989
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Martha Washington written by Helen Bryan and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A contempary anecdote not only confirms that Martha commanded respect in her own right during her lifetime, but also suggests an awkward truth later historians have preferred to ignore-that without Martha and her fortune, George might never have risen to social, military, and political prominence.Toward the end of his life, George Washington, war hero, retired president, and object of universal fame and veneration, was negotiating to purchase a plot of land in the new capital city, to be named in his honor. The seller, an aged veteran of the Revolution, was reluctant to part with the plot, even to so distinguished a purchaser. Washington persisted until the veteran's patience snapped: 'You think people take every grist that comes from you as the pure grain. What would you have been if you hadn't married the Widow Custis!' " -from the Introduction to Martha Washington: First Lady of Liberty From the glittering social life of Virginia's wealthiest plantations to the rigors of winter camps during the American Revolution, Martha Washington was a central figure in some of the most important events in American history. Her story is a saga of social conflict, forbidden love affairs, ambiguous wills, mysterious death, heartbreaking loss, and personal and political triumph. Every detail is brought to vivid life in this engaging and astonishing biography of one of the best known, least understood figures in early American life.
Author : Elvira Woodruff
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545415160
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)
Download or read book George Washington's Spy written by Elvira Woodruff and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic time-travel fantasy is a riveting sequel to a bestselling classic.Ten-year-old Matt Carlton and six friends are accidentally swept back in time--to Boston in 1776! The British now occupy the city, and redcoat guards are everywhere! While the boys are being held captive by a den of Patriot spies, the girls have been taken in by a wealthy Tory family.The pox is rampant; danger lies around every corner--and there's no hope for returning home to their own time. How will these seven children survive?Readers will relish the nonstop action and humorous dialogue in this riveting sequel to Woodruff's bestselling novel, GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SOCKS.
Author : Charlene M. Boyer Lewis
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813947456
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)
Download or read book Women in George Washington’s World written by Charlene M. Boyer Lewis and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Washington lived in an age of revolutions, during which he faced political upheaval, war, economic change, and social shifts. These revolutions affected American women in profound ways, and the women Washington knew—personally, professionally, and politically—lived lives that reveal these multifaceted transformations. Although Washington often operated in male-dominated arenas, he participated in complex and meaningful relationships with women from across society. A lively and accessibly written volume, Women in George Washington’s World highlights some of the women—Black and white, free and enslaved—whom Washington knew. Women who admired and memorialized him, women who provided him love and solace, women who frustrated him, and women who worked for or against him—all of these women are chronicled through their own experiences and identities. The essays, written by established and emerging historians of gender, reveal the lives of a diverse group of women, including plantation mistresses and enslaved workers, Loyalists and Patriots, poets and socialites, as well as mothers, wives, and sisters. Collectively, women emerge as strong actors during the American Revolution and its aftermath, not merely passive spectators or occasional participants. Although usually not on battlefields or in government offices, women made choices and acted in ways that affected their own, their families’, and sometimes even the nation’s future. Contributors:James Basker, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History * George W. Boudreau, The McNeil Center * Charlene M. Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College * Ann Bay Goddin, independent scholar * Sara Georgini, Massachusetts Historical Society * Kate Haulman, American University * Cynthia A. Kierner, George Mason University * Lynn Price Robbins, independent scholar * Samantha Snyder, George Washington’s Mount Vernon * Mary V. Thompson, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Author : Katafa Reed
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 152455216X
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Washington Wife Ii written by Katafa Reed and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Washington Wife II, the author is focused on Louise. Louise has had enough. She has tried everything. She tried to be the supportive wife, great neighbor, and perfect Washington wife. And now she has to find another address and maybe even some new friends. Her helpful friend, Anne, the successful lawyer and contractor of the CIA, has run out of options, time, and resources for Louise. Annes time has been spread thin because of the dangerous criminal that her company has been busy trying to bring to justice. Austin is helping as much as he can. Louise will have to bring all resources and all the connected Washington wives together to help. She can only rely on Anne if it becomes necessary. Both Anne and Louise find a few new friends and a few new enemies. It could become very dangerous for these Washington wives.
Author : Katafa Reed
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514411903
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)
Download or read book Washington Wife written by Katafa Reed and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in DC, I meet so many different women. Some are professionals, and others are stay-at-home moms. I admire these women. I see myself in them. I am both a mother and an attorney working in downtown DC. One of my close friends shared her journey with me from the time she moved to DC until five years later, with one of her children graduating from high school. Unfortunately, she and her husband divorced. She intended to move to DC and start a new life for her and her family, but her life took a different turn. I found her story so compelling.
Author : Minnie Bronson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Woman Patriot written by Minnie Bronson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Elswyth Thane
Publisher : New York : Dodd, Mead
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Washington's Lady written by Elswyth Thane and published by New York : Dodd, Mead. This book was released on 1960 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A straight narrative of Martha Washington's life, based on her grandson's "Recollections", Washington's letters, and published diaries.
Author : United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book History of the George Washington Bicentennial Celebration ... written by United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James H. FAIRCHILD
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Woman's Rights and Duties. A lecture delivered before the Students of Oberlin Collegiate Institute, etc written by James H. FAIRCHILD and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marjorie Williams
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1586485415
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Woman at the Washington Zoo written by Marjorie Williams and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2007-03-31 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marjorie Williams knew Washington from top to bottom. Beloved for her sharp analysis, elegant prose and exceptional ability to intuit character, Williams wrote political profiles for the Washington Post and Vanity Fair that came to be considered the final word on the capital's most powerful figures. Her accounts of playing ping-pong with Richard Darman, of Barbara Bush's stepmother quaking with fear at the mere thought of angering the First Lady, and of Bill Clinton angrily telling Al Gore why he failed to win the presidency -- to name just three treasures collected here -- open a window on a seldom-glimpsed human reality behind Washington's determinedly blank façe. Williams also penned a weekly column for the Post's op-ed page and epistolary book reviews for the online magazine Slate. Her essays for these and other publications tackled subjects ranging from politics to parenthood. During the last years of her life, she wrote about her own mortality as she battled liver cancer, using this harrowing experience to illuminate larger points about the nature of power and the randomness of life. Marjorie Williams was a woman in a man's town, an outsider reporting on the political elite. She was, like the narrator in Randall Jarrell's classic poem, "The Woman at the Washington Zoo," an observer of a strange and exotic culture. This splendid collection -- at once insightful, funny and sad -- digs into the psyche of the nation's capital, revealing not only the hidden selves of the people that run it, but the messy lives that the rest of us lead.
Author : Martha Saxton
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0374721335
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (747 download)
Download or read book The Widow Washington written by Martha Saxton and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-06-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An insightful biography of Mary Ball Washington, the mother of our nation's father The Widow Washington is the first life of Mary Ball Washington, George Washington’s mother, based on archival sources. Her son’s biographers have, for the most part, painted her as self-centered and crude, a trial and an obstacle to her oldest child. But the records tell a very different story. Mary Ball, the daughter of a wealthy planter and a formerly indentured servant, was orphaned young and grew up working hard, practicing frugality and piety. Stepping into Virginia’s upper class, she married an older man, the planter Augustine Washington, with whom she had five children before his death eleven years later. As a widow deprived of most of her late husband’s properties, Mary struggled to raise her children, but managed to secure them places among Virginia’s elite. In her later years, she and her wealthy son George had a contentious relationship, often disagreeing over money, with George dismissing as imaginary her fears of poverty and helplessness. Yet Mary Ball Washington had a greater impact on George than mothers of that time and place usually had on their sons. George did not have the wealth or freedom to enjoy the indulged adolescence typical of young men among the planter class. Mary’s demanding mothering imbued him with many of the moral and religious principles by which he lived. The two were strikingly similar, though the commanding demeanor, persistence, athleticism, penny-pinching, and irascibility that they shared have served the memory of the country’s father immeasurably better than that of his mother. Martha Saxton’s The Widow Washington is a necessary and deeply insightful corrective, telling the story of Mary’s long, arduous life on its own terms, and not treating her as her son’s satellite.
Author : Eva Gayle Six
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465374426
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Jennie's Tiger: A Woman's Pioneering Stand in an Untamed Corner of Washington State written by Eva Gayle Six and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West’s pioneering experience has been both documented and dramatized enough to give us all some impression - for right or for wrong - of what pioneers were and what they did. Some of those impressions are dryly accurate, and some are excitingly fictitious. Jennie’s Tiger is neither - carefully researched and truthfully told, it gives a reliable view of the homesteading experience as well as an engrossing and moving story of strong characters making for themselves the life they want. The real Wes and Jennie Wooding homesteaded 160 acres on the Pend Oreille river in northeast Washington state from 1900 till 1923. Life before this chapter of their lives had been consistently hardscrabble and sometimes tragic. Building their own home on their own land was the greatest success and the greatest contentment they had ever had. They arrived at Tiger’s Landing by steamboat with three small boys and cut down enough trees to build a 14’ X 24’ one-story house to shelter them. In that house, named Hawthorn Lodge, they soon added a fourth boy. Like most settlers with no cash, Wes had to work “outside” to earn the money for Proving Up the homestead. He walked several hundred miles looking for the work he knew, in the mines. A devoted member of the Western Federation of Miners and a sincere Socialist, Wes was ambivalent about the Wobbly movement and glad when, after the required seven years, he could stay at home and make his life at Tiger’s Landing with Jennie and the boys. While Wes was away, Jennie was entirely capable of sheltering, feeding, clothing and raising the boys with her own skills. With help from the children, she chinked the cabin with river mud; she kept the table laid with game and fish she provided and produce she grew; she made furniture for the bare house; she skillfully sewed clothes for the family. She gradually turned the subsistence farm into a lucrative business. Fearful of missing Wes’s letters, she started the first post office in her community. As the boys reached school age, she donated land and saw that the first school began to operate. Bringing with her skills and medicines, she became doctor, nurse and midwife to the growing community. Frustrated by goods that came from a riverboat that could run only half the year, she started the first store. Through all this, Jennie was eternally buoyant; she never felt misused or deprived, only content, proud and happy. But when the outside world threatened Hawthorn Lodge in the form of a railroad right against the house, Jennie found she had to swallow her anger and make the best of it. When World War I took two of her boys away, she did what she could to help the soldiers while hating the war. Having successfully raised the four boys to strong men, Jennie’s years at Hawthorn Lodge, Tiger, Washington, come to a tragic end, and we last see her heading back to California and the outside world.
Author : Lydia L. Gordon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book From Lady Washington to Mrs. Cleveland written by Lydia L. Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Susan Holloway Scott
Publisher : Kensington Books
ISBN 13 : 1496719190
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (967 download)
Download or read book The Secret Wife of Aaron Burr written by Susan Holloway Scott and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a woman and events forgotten by history, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott weaves together carefully researched fact and fiction to tell the story of Mary Emmons, and the place she held in the life—and the heart—of the notorious Aaron Burr. He was a hero of the Revolution, a brilliant politician, lawyer, and very nearly president; a skillful survivor in a raw new country filled with constantly shifting loyalties. Today Aaron Burr is remembered more for the fatal duel that killed rival Alexander Hamilton. But long before that single shot destroyed Burr’s political career, there were other dark whispers about him: that he was untrustworthy, a libertine, a man unafraid of claiming whatever he believed should be his. Sold into slavery as a child in India, Mary Emmons was brought to an America torn by war. Toughened by the experiences of her young life, Mary is intelligent, resourceful, and strong. She quickly gains the trust of her new mistress, Theodosia Prevost, and becomes indispensable in a complicated household filled with intrigue—especially when the now-widowed Theodosia marries Colonel Aaron Burr. As Theodosia sickens with the fatal disease that will finally kill her, Mary and Burr are drawn together into a private world of power and passion, and a secret, tangled union that would have shocked the nation . . . Praise for I, Eliza Hamilton “Scott’s devotion to research is evident . . . a rewarding take on a fascinating historical couple.” —Library Journal “Readers will be captivated.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Packed with political and historical as well as domestic details.” —Booklist
