The first lady,
Martha Dandridge Washington, did not enjoy being the first lady at all, according to her existing letter to her niece. While some girls might think that being a first lady rock, Martha Washington thought otherwise. She preferred to be home, probably cooking little meals and attending to her little ones, than taking part on global issues and doing her function as United States' First Lady.
Born on June 2nd, 1731, Martha Dandridge is the eldest of the nine children of John Dandridge to Frances. She married at the age of 18, her first husband, the rich Daniel Custis, of whom she had four children. Unfortunately, two of her babies died when they were still toddlers, while the younger two, John and Martha made it to young adulthood.
When her first husband died, she was only 26 years old. Two years after, she wedded the would-be first United States President-- the then commander of the First Virginia Regiment, Colonel
George Washington. They lived a comfortable life at the Mount Vernon estate, raising Martha's two surviving children. When her daughter Patsy died in 1773, Martha had been so distraught that she was not able to attend her son, John's wedding to Eleanor Calvert. John died in 1781, and George and Martha Washington was left to raise their grandchildren. George Washington was inaugurated on 30th of April 1789 and the family lived in Philadelphia until their return to Mount Vernon on March 1797. Two and a half years after George died, Martha too, died on May 22nd in 1802.
