The Life of Martha Washington

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  • This is the story of Martha Washington, the worthiest of partners to the worthiest of men. Elizabeth Keaney, a character interpreter at Mount Vernon, shares the life of the woman she portrays.
    Learn more about Martha Washington and other women at mountvernon.org/women

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  • @paulrubio3918
    @paulrubio3918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This video does a great job summarizing the life of Martha Washington in five minutes. Great work! And Happy Birthday today to Martha Washington!

  • @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory
    @DaysGoneByForgottenHistory 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Very interesting. Did some ancestry research (since we are on the Covid stay-at-home order). Found out Martha is my husbands 3rd cousin. Guess we'll need to visit Mount Vernon some day :)

    • @fernbiswas9791
      @fernbiswas9791 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      wait what? doesn't that mean your husband would need to be in the same generation as martha? A third cousin is a person who's in the same generation and shares the same great-great-grandparent as you.

    • @karenhallrodriguez9205
      @karenhallrodriguez9205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? I just found out that Martha was my 8 great Aunt, her sister Anna Moles was my 8th great grandmother

    • @linmayzie1
      @linmayzie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@karenhallrodriguez9205 We're related! She's my great great great great great great aunt. :)

    • @karenhallrodriguez9205
      @karenhallrodriguez9205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@linmayzie1 Wow, hello how are you? Nice to meet you!

    • @linmayzie1
      @linmayzie1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@karenhallrodriguez9205 Nice to meet you too, cuz! :)

  • @theparrotrescuer3042
    @theparrotrescuer3042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That was wonderful...thanks

  • @brendaparker3107
    @brendaparker3107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Lady Washington!

    • @IanP1963
      @IanP1963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lady Washington ???? Only if America had remained a British Colony and George W had been knighted in process which is something that could have occured in an alternative universe !!!!!

  • @anncarlin8767
    @anncarlin8767 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    There is some thing about Martha Washington that rubs me the wrong way. Funny because I don't usually feel that way toward historical figures but she seems to me to have been less caring about the slaves than George was. I think self-centered and demanding is what I hear in the stories about her.

    • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
      @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I think that's probably a fair assessment. But then it's also important to remember that, like George.. she was a woman of her time and class. I think she did the best she could with the information and education she was given. One can't deny her dedication to the soldiers during the revolutionary war.

    • @frankharrington4881
      @frankharrington4881 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@GodsFavoriteBassPlyr thank you! She sacrificed A LOT to be with George at Valley Forge and she personally nursed many soldiers even at the risk of contracting different diseases! I have found her to be a caring and loving women!!!! Patricia Gambino Harrington

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stop lying enough of the lying He was born in Barbados and we all know that

  • @darlenefarmer5921
    @darlenefarmer5921 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you.

  • @oftenwrong.
    @oftenwrong. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Mt. Vernon! If you ever feel the need to give away trips there. Keep me in mind!
    Thank you from Idaho

  • @jasonstack122
    @jasonstack122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THANKS

  • @maryenright5793
    @maryenright5793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I very much enjoyed this well done video...thank you!

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He didn't get the name Washington until August 1788

  • @sierrasedlock7013
    @sierrasedlock7013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It sounded like she killed all her children and then killed herself after her husband died 😮

  • @stevenwilliams3356
    @stevenwilliams3356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His real name is George Augustine Of Barbados

  • @janetwilson7222
    @janetwilson7222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you! I hope to visit someday soon.

  • @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr
    @GodsFavoriteBassPlyr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An outstanding summary and presentation - thank you !

  • @GBU61
    @GBU61 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Martha Washington was never referred to as First Lady. She was called Lady Washington during George’s presidency. The first person to have been referred to as "first lady" on a regular basis during their time in the position was Harriet Lane, who was actually James Buchanan's niece.

  • @Ana-Maria-Sierra
    @Ana-Maria-Sierra ปีที่แล้ว

    @George Washington’s Mount Vernon I understand from my readings of Martha Washington that she was a shrewd businesswoman, more so than George, and that she objected to George wanting to free his slaves following his death and insisted that occur only following her death. While President Washington had some moral qualms re slavery, Martha had absolutely none and accepted slavery as the natural order of things. Is that accurate?

  • @eloishashalom1458
    @eloishashalom1458 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    IT HINK EVRERY YOUNG MEMBER COULD HAVE BEING MURDERED...STRANGE PASSED AWAY SO EARLY.

  • @TheLemonLady
    @TheLemonLady 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    😭❤️😭❤️😭

  • @ModiboMagassouba-f3s
    @ModiboMagassouba-f3s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The great men are stars that light the path of great nations for eternity.

  • @trismix_
    @trismix_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I know a Martha Washington in today’s world.

  • @cherrymilkshake2561
    @cherrymilkshake2561 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    👌🏻💞

  • @FredPickett
    @FredPickett ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this/Thanks for posting it.

  • @spacey118
    @spacey118 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that her real name? Not Debbie?

  • @olympiaelda1121
    @olympiaelda1121 ปีที่แล้ว

    So she killed her first hubby.

  • @LNTunes1010
    @LNTunes1010 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    🌺

  • @IanP1963
    @IanP1963 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She was born British !!!!

  • @ThereseRocks
    @ThereseRocks 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very good

  • @lisaroberts5935
    @lisaroberts5935 ปีที่แล้ว

    Martha was not the love of George's life...He settled since she had money and position. George did what he wanted and was away alot.

  • @JacksonKullich
    @JacksonKullich ปีที่แล้ว

    bro why tf the volume so quite, im tryna do my history homework💀

  • @justanotherchannel2076
    @justanotherchannel2076 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Her name has 2 a's & ends in an uh sound.

  • @stephenburns3678
    @stephenburns3678 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you

  • @inukepower
    @inukepower 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    vdeggh