First Ladies: Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Martha Jefferson Randolph, served as First Lady for her father, President Thomas Jefferson. Her mother, also named Martha, died in 1782, years before Thomas Jefferson became President. Martha was one of two of Thomas Jefferson‘s children to live into adulthood. … Continued

First Ladies: Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson

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Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, wife of President Thomas Jefferson, never served in the capacity of First Lady in the White House. She had died eighteen years before her husband became President of the United States. Martha Wayles was born on … Continued

First Ladies: Abigail Adams

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Abigail Smith was born on November 22, 1744 in Weymouth, Massachusetts to William Smith and Elizabeth Quincy Smith. Although she received no formal education, her mother taught her and her sisters to read and write and she had access to … Continued